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Ivanhoe Updates On Sustainability Initiatives

Ivanhoe Mines, a diversified miner with a 26-year history in the African mining sector, is aiming to enhance the sustainability goals of the group...

Why don’t minerals mined in Africa stay in Africa?

Africa is home to some 30% of the world’s mineral deposits; yet 70% of mined materials are exported to Europe or Asia to be...

START WITH CHUTE DESIGN TO REDUCE DUST, SAYS WEBA

Many industrial facilities, mines and power stations rely too much on dust suppression and extraction systems, when the real answer is to improve the...

KWATANI EXPERIENCES BEST GROWTH IN ITS HISTORY

South African based vibrating screen and feeder original equipment manufacturer (OEM) Kwatani reports that orders for its equipment have surged in recent months to...

Rise of electricity tariffs brings worry to SA mining industry

The above-inflation electricity tariff increases granted to Eskom, and the negative consequences for the economy and employment, has raised alarm bells in the mining industry. The...

Nigeria Yet to Take Advantage of its Abundant Mineral Resources

A professor of Metallurgical and  Minerals Engineering at the Federal University of Technology Akure FUTA, John Ade Ajayi ,has lamented that Nigeria has been...

Zambian President has Shown Interest in Importing Angolan Refined Oil

Zambia has agreed to buy a stake in Angola’s Lobito refinery in Benguela Province along the Atlantic Coast. President Hakainde Hichilema, during his three-day visit...

Steel industry in financial distress because of lockdown

The Department of Trade and Industry has warned that the steel industry would exit the coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown in severe financial distress potential plant...

Bulk Material Handling Systems

Construction and mining industries look set to be the major winners particularly with the emergence of the bulk material handling systems which were launched...

Caterpillar Robot Trucks Haul 2 Billion Tonnes Autonomously

Caterpillar is again hitting a significant milestone in autonomous haulage—achieving 2 billion tonnes (2.2 billion short tons) hauled using Cat MineStar Command for hauling. Caterpillar...

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Rio Tinto seeks alternative logistics solution for transporting coal in Mozambique

Rio Tinto is currently in discussions with the Mozambican government to find a viable logistics solution for transporting coal from its mining operations in...

China, Egypt ink a joint cooperation protocol in mining

The Mineral Resources and Mining Industries Authority (MRMIA) of Egypt has signed a joint cooperation protocol with China’s Hunan Institute of Geology to enhance...

Zambia advances copper mining with electric trucks

Zambia has received a consignment of 31 fully electric mining trucks from China, signaling a major step forward in modernizing its copper mining sector...

Shaft collapse at gold mine in M23-Held Eastern DRC

A tragic mine collapse has struck the Luhihi region in South Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where an unknown number of miners are...

First Quantum Minerals explores gold streaming from Zambia

First Quantum Minerals is evaluating a gold pre-payment, or streaming, deal from its Zambian operations as a potential strategy to strengthen its financial position....
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