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Mining guides
Practical explanations of gold processing, equipment, costs, exploration and mining requirements, with examples that help you plan your next decision.
46 articles
Flotation for graphite and copper ore: what a buyer needs to specify
How flotation works for copper sulphide and flake graphite, how the circuits differ and what to test before ordering a plant, with concentrate-mass examples.
Processing lithium and nickel ore: an overview for East African juniors
How spodumene and nickel sulphide ores are concentrated, what Kabanga shows about refining in Tanzania and what an early-stage project should test.
Magnetic separation or gravity concentration for heavy minerals
How gravity and magnetic separation differ, how they combine in a mineral sands flowsheet and how a magnet cleans gold black-sand concentrate.
Water recycling for a gold plant: balance, ponds and thickeners
Build a water balance, choose settling ponds or a thickener and plan for the rains, with a worked example for an alluvial wash plant.
Copper ore in Tanzania: selling to a processor or processing on site
Understand oxide and sulphide copper ore, what the Chunya copper plant means for small miners and how to value a load of ore before investing.
Wet pan mill or ball mill: choosing a gold mill for your tonnage
Compare wet pan mills and ball mills by liberation size, daily tonnage, power and support, with a worked 20-tonne-per-day example.
How to size a mine winch and headframe for your shaft
Work out the suspended load, daily trips, winch size, sheave and headframe for a small-scale gold shaft, with a worked 100-metre example.
Dewatering a deep shaft: staged pumping explained
Measure inflow, calculate total head and decide when to stage submersible pumps, with a worked 150-metre shaft example and standby planning.
Mining Commission compliance checklist for Tanzania
Prepare a project-specific review of licences, operating plans, environmental duties and site records, with an action register for closing gaps.
Selling gold in Tanzania: valuation, BoT and the 20% allocation
Prepare a documented gold sale: verify buyers, understand weight and fineness, compare settlement and distinguish the BoT programme from export allocation.
Small-scale miner financing in Tanzania: loans, leases and hire
Prepare a lender file, compare complete financing obligations and test repayments against a weaker month using a worked cash-flow example.
Planning mercury-free gold recovery for a small mine
Assess feed preparation, gravity trials, concentrate treatment and legacy residues, with a worked gold balance for measuring a mercury-free route.
Gold elution plant costs: scope, budgets and toll treatment
Build an itemised elution budget and compare ownership with toll processing, using clearly assumed capital and batch-cost examples.
Planning a small CIP or CIL gold plant
Turn feed and test results into a complete circuit brief, with a slurry-volume example, utilities, carbon handling and commissioning responsibilities.
Activated carbon and cyanide procurement in Tanzania
Specify process consumables, verify the supply route and plan stock from throughput and lead time, with an illustrative inventory calculation.
Vat leaching gold tailings: tests, batch costs and site planning
Assess tailings rights, representative grade, permeability and contaminants before costing a complete vat-leach batch and final-product route.
Mining equipment rental in Tanzania: compare hire and purchase
Compare full job costs, wet and dry hire responsibilities, breakdown terms and resale uncertainty using a worked six-month example.
Buying used mining equipment in Tanzania
Check duty, condition, electrical compatibility and parts support, then compare complete delivered costs with repair and delay sensitivities.
Test work before buying a gold plant
Collect representative samples, commission tests tied to design questions and turn complete laboratory results into a process and equipment brief.
Off-grid mine power: loads, supply options and operating cost
Prepare a load list, assess motor starting and compare power options, with a worked monthly diesel model and demand sensitivity.
Gold Plant and Mining Equipment Costs in Tanzania
Alluvial proposal prices, a preliminary hard-rock equipment and transport estimate, and worked operating costs for planning a gold plant in Tanzania.
What It Costs to Open a Gold Processing Plant in Tanzania
From tested feed to first production: Chunya proposal budgets, equipment, construction, water, power, commissioning and startup operating cash.
CIP, CIL and heap leaching: choosing a gold process
Understand leaching and adsorption arrangements, compare the tests each route needs and evaluate recovery, complete costs and cash timing.
Gravity and cyanide gold recovery: choosing a tested route
Compare gravity, leaching and combined circuits through feed evidence, incremental costs and a worked calculation of combined recovery.
Planning gold exploration in Tanzania
Connect regional geology, mineral rights, mapping, controlled sampling, drilling and process tests in a staged exploration programme.
Planning diamond exploration in Botswana
Move from target generation to specialist sampling and valuation, with clear distinctions between a kimberlite target, diamond grade and economic value.
Planning copper exploration in Zambia
Use Copperbelt geology to frame a local target, plan mapping and drilling, and distinguish contained copper from recovered and payable metal.
Planning platinum-group metal exploration in Zimbabwe
Investigate Great Dyke targets, define component metal grades and connect core drilling, metallurgy and payable product terms.
Planning coal exploration and development in Mozambique
Connect seam geometry, coal quality, preparation yield and transport, with a worked distinction between raw feed and saleable product.
Planning a mineral survey in Kenya
Choose survey methods for gold, mineral sands or industrial material, specify usable deliverables and connect mineral content to buyer requirements.
Planning geophysical surveys in East Africa
Select methods from the target contrast, define acquisition quality and interpret anomalies with geology before deciding the next direct test.
Planning diamond and RC drilling in Tanzania
Choose a sample method, design holes, control data and compare complete campaign costs, with an illustrative drilling-scope calculation.
Environmental planning for a mining project in Tanzania
Organise project registration, baseline work, design alternatives and an implementable environmental plan, using Tanzania as the main example.
Mining equipment procurement in East and Southern Africa
Prepare a duty list and site brief, compare equal delivery scopes and agree parts, training and acceptance before purchasing equipment.
Planning a mineral exploration programme in the DRC
Connect property-level geology with verified rights, access, responsible counterparties, data controls and phased exploration decisions.
Scoping mining technical services in South Africa
Choose exploration, study or operating-review support from the decision required, with an example distinguishing availability from productive use.
Planning a mineral exploration programme in Namibia
Match methods to the target, distinguish radiometric response from grade and include water, logistics and specialist controls in the field scope.
Geological mapping and structural interpretation for exploration
Scope field coverage, retain located observations and make inferred geology visible, so maps support justified sampling and drill targets.
Mine planning and feasibility studies: choosing the next stage
Connect geology, mining, processing, infrastructure and economics, with a worked grade sensitivity and a brief for the next study.
Commissioning assays and laboratory work in Tanzania
Prepare representative samples, choose analytical methods and quality controls, and understand what a gold assay can and cannot establish.
Scoping mining technical consulting and advisory work
Define the project decision, confirm specialist competence and conflicts, and request evidence-based deliverables you can assess.
Community relations and CSR planning for a mine
Identify affected people, separate impacts from development benefits and turn community commitments and grievances into funded responsibilities.
Planning outsourced exploration for a junior mining company
Scope contractors, preserve reliable data and arrange reporting responsibilities, with decision gates that protect an exploration budget.
Mining opportunities in East Africa: from market theme to project
Assess mineral opportunities through deposit evidence, buyer specification, infrastructure and measurable technology trials rather than demand headlines.
Underground air supply: ventilation and compressed air
Separate environmental ventilation from pneumatic-tool air, prepare a site design brief and organise measurement and failure-response responsibilities.
Gold recovery in the rainy season: feed, clay and water
Investigate changes in feed measurement, washing, classification and water balance before modifying an alluvial plant for wet conditions.