‘Coronavirus is the last thing to worry about while looking for gold deep inside a mine’
When the national lockdown was announced in March, informal miner Fadzi Manono was underground and digging for gold at a mine in Benoni. When he...
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Zest WEG offering new range of geared motors to African market
A range of WEG geared motors – with benefits including efficiency and reliability – will soon be available to customers in South Africa and the...
Renewable energy uptake in mining gathers momentum
As the cost of renewable energy solutions continues to drop and the demand for improved social and environmental compliance climbs, even the remotest mines in...
Zimbabwe: ‘COVID-19 Has Potential to Mask Rampant Rights Abuses in Mining Communities’
The Covid-19 pandemic has potential to mask human rights abuses and further worsen poverty among mining communities in parts of Manicaland. These are sentiments expressed...
Namibian mining town uses drone to monitor lockdown violations
A small mining town in western Namibia said Wednesday it was deploying a drone to monitor if residents are complying with COVID-19 lockdown regulations. The...
Small miners’ love for cheap gold, keeps mercury flowing
The artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector is the force behind trade in mercury even as experts warn of the heavy metal’s risks to not...
ERG plans battery material plant in the DRC
ERG is considering the construction of a lithium-ion battery precursor plant, to be exclusively supplied with cobalt hydroxide from its Metalkol Roan Tailings Reclamation (RTR),...
Zimbabwe pavilion to double exhibitors at DRC Mining Week
Exclusive interview with ZimTrade, the organiser of the Zimbabwe country pavilion that is returning for the third year in a row to exhibit at DRC Mining Week in...
Sierra Leone to strengthen trade ties with Nigeria – Envoy
Sierra Leone has pledged to strengthen economic relations and create the enabling environment to attract Nigerians to invest the mining sector.Dr. Solomon Gembeh, High Commissioner...
MRM is the second company in the mining sector to contribute most to Mozambique’s tax revenues
Montepuez Ruby Mining (MRM) is the second company in the mining sector to have paid most in taxes to the Mozambican state, consecutively, in 2017...