Congo’s child miners swap hammers for books
Squeezed on to benches and on the floor, the Congolese students of Kipushi Primary School did not complain that they only had a few, battered...
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SUB-SAHARA MINING AND INDUSTRIAL JOURNAL (SSMIJ) is a prominent quarterly publication that has become a marketplace, communication hub and news source for advancing the mining and Industrial business in SubSahara Africa. SSMIJ focuses on mining and supply chain companies, equipment, construction, Industrial, manufacturing, material handling, emerging markets and technologies.
How the right lubricant can improve your facility’s energy efficiency
Friction is the worst enemy of efficiency, as demonstrated by the 100 million terajoules needed worldwide annually to overcome it (1). However, improved-technology lubricating oil...
Mali’s gold exports ease 0.3% in 2020
Mali’s gold exports eased 0.3% in 2020 because of a drop in exports from artisanal production, external trade data from the country’s statistics agency showed...
SOUTHERN AFRICAN DIAMOND MINERS DELIVER POLISHED PERFORMANCES IN SECOND QUARTER
De Beers’s production of rough diamonds increased by 134.3% to 8.2 million carats in the second quarter of 2021 compared with a contraction 7.7% seen...
Tanzania: Govt Issues Three-Day Ultimatum to Tembo Nickel
MINISTER for Minerals, Dotto Biteko has directed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), for Tembo Nickel, Chris Showalter, to ensure that he compiles a comprehensive company’s...
Siemens drives digital transformation at its Virtual Smart Mining Forum
Siemens ( www.Siemens.com ) hosts Virtual Smart Mining Forum to explore new trends and the impact of technology on the mining sector; Launch of a Hackathon to...
Explainer: What is deep-sea mining?
Prized rare metals sitting at the bottom of the sea could play a key role in creating an environmentally sustainable future on land, but scientists...
Renewables-plus-storage projects for mining operations in Australia, Madagascar for BHP, Rio Tinto
Solar and solar-plus-storage systems will be installed at two nickel mines in Western Australia for BHP, a supplier to Tesla, while a Rio Tinto ilmenite...
TAKRAF SIZERS REINFORCE REPUTATION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE
Reliable sizer operation and low wear result in high machine uptime and productivity at a large bauxite operation in Guinea. Three TAKRAF X-TREME class sizers...
MATERIALS HANDLING FOR CEMENT SECTOR PLACES CONTINUED TRUST IN TAKRAF TECHNOLOGIES
Leading Indian cement producers place six major contracts for TAKRAF materials handling equipment. Recent orders from leading cement suppliers in India highlight the continued demand...