Comparing the True Costs of Gold Mining in Africa With Those of Bitcoin Mining
When billionaire Elon Musk announced that Tesla would no longer accept bitcoin as payment for its electric vehicles, the price of the crypto asset tanked....
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Ghana Mine Worker’s Union calls for full-scale investigation into frequent mine accidents
The Ghana Mine Workers’ Union has called for a full-scale tripartite (Government, the Ghana Chamber of Mines, and Ghana Mineworkers’ Union) investigation into the frequent...
DRC stares at $3.7b loss in skewed mining deals
Democratic Republic of Congo leader Félix Tshisekedi is seeking a review of some mining contracts with foreign companies as a lobby warns that the country...
Akora Resources pursues launching iron ore potential in Madagascar
Madagascar has been long on promise as a mining destination, but hopes have been dashed in the past — thanks mainly to politics. Now, however,...
‘US$1,5bn mining deal must be fair to Zim
CHINESE firm, Afrochine Smelting last week made an emphatic and strategic move into Zimbabwe’s chrome mining sector in Mashonaland East, in the latest signal of...
Lesotho: Letšeng Recovers 370 Carat Diamond
LETŠENG Diamonds has continued with its impressive performance of recovering top quality diamonds, with the latest find being a high quality 370-carat Type II white...
Bauer Spezialtiefbau constructs cut-off wall in geothermally active ground for Newcrest’s Lihir gold mine
One of the largest gold deposits in the world is located on the volcanic island of Niolam, the main island in the Lihir archipelago of...
We are very excited to announce the launch of the SOLARFLOOD, our solar lighting highmast solution for all area applications.
Our solar lighting highmast solution for outdoor open area and rural applications provides you with a high performing, robust option for your off-grid solar lighting...
Measuring viscosity is now as easy as 1,2,3!
Condition monitoring specialists, WearCheck, recently launched a quick, cost-effective viscosity test kit known as the WearCheck Rheo-stick. Technical manager for WearCheck Steven Lumley, elaborates, ‘It...
Epiroc future-proofs customer support in the Northern Cape with the opening of a new Local Distribution Centre in Kathu
Epiroc South Africa, the leading global productivity partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, caters to the Sub-Sahara African customer base from its world class...