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Welcome to this edition of the GeoGroup newsletter. In this issue, we look at: Season's Greetings 2022 in Review In the Media: Africa Mining Brief Read all the stories here: ...

NEW IMPLEMENTS TO COMPLEMENT TAILINGS TESTING PORTFOLIOUsed with permission from Creamer Media’s Mining Weekly, and miningweekly.comJournalist: Halima FrostCivil and mining geotechnical service provider GeoGroup has received the first of three new geotechnical surveying implements, which the company has commissioned to complement its range of tailings monitoring equipment.GeoGr ...

THE OKAVANGO-MAKGADIKGADI COMPLEX, BOTSWANAThe study of interactions between Incipient Continental Rifting Fluvial Systems and Regional Climate in Southern Africa.Geomechanics was appointed by WHOI (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute) to undertake Sonic and Diamond core drilling in soft sediments and potential hard basalt and sandstone in the districts of Khumaga and Maun, Bots ...

Welcome to this edition of the GeoGroup newsletter. In this issue, we look at: Core Recovery: Adjusting the Method for Maximum Results In the Media: New Implements to Complement Tailing Testing Portfolio Season's Greetings and Holiday Operating Hours Read all the stories here: ...

This year, we had the opportunity to nominate one of our drivers, Jeffrey Maja, for the #ThankYouTrucker competition initiated by IVECO in partnership with The Road Freight Association. This competition runs every year, affording Directors and/or managers the opportunity to nominate their drivers. There are three coveted places at the podium, and our driver Jeffrey Maja was abl ...

Within every industry, there will always be the constant of "change". With that in mind, it is imperative for any business to continually grow and expand its portfolio. As new tech or procedures becomes available, it often requires businesses to leap further into the future in order to provide top-quality services.In recent months, Royal Eijkelkamp, based in the Netherlands, in ...

It is always exciting to take on a new challenge, but it’s not often that challenges come with such a spectacular but distracting view as in the case of this geotechnical contract in Hout Bay that we conducted.Military Road in Hout Bay is a tiny narrow tree-lined street, situated high up on the hillside only accessible from Chapmans Peak Drive. The site which is situated on an ...

Welcome to this edition of the GeoGroup newsletter. In this issue, we look at: Drill Site With a View - Hout Bay Euro Trip 2022 | New Technologies & New Possibilities IVECO #thankyoutrucker Competition To read the full edition, ...

The recent tailings dam failure at the Jagersfontein Diamond mine, in the Free State Province of South Africa, was yet another eye-opener globally as to why the safety at waste facilities should be taken more seriously. In 2019, we also witnessed the catastrophic failure of the tailings dam at the Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine, 9 kilometres east of Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, B ...

This year, our Terra Monitoring team represented the Group at the Electra Mining Africa 2022 Expo. We were able to showcase all of our services and new products, and the visitors got to meet many of the Terra Monitoring and GeoGroup management team members. The expo hosted 30,196 visitors with attendees from 57 various countries. All-in-all, it was a huge success and the team w ...