Zimbabwe may sell 40% stake in a key gold mine to raise capital
Zimbabwe’s largest gold producer is negotiating with potential partners to boost production at its Shamva mine.
The first of Sandvik’s revolutionary new DPi Series surface top hammer drill rigs – the biggest top hammer of its kind in Africa – has been commissioned at Independent Quarries in East London, South Africa and two more are on order. The intelligent self-propelled, self-contained crawler has been introduced to meet the rigorous demands of production drilling, quarry and mine development, pre-splitting and dewatering. There are already 15 DPi rigs operating in other parts of the world.“The new DPi Series reflects 20 years of experience in quarrying and open pit mining in the hole range of 76 to 152 mm, drilling deeper holes more accurately than ever before,” Cornel Burger, Sandvik’s General Manager Operations & Construction, says. The machine’s 33 kW rock drill is now the biggest available on the market.
