MAJOR SAFETY MILESTONE FOR AFRISAM
Testimony to the high levels of health and safety standards maintained across its quarry operations, AfriSam’s Construction Materials division marked a four year Lost Time...
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PUMP WITH THE RIGHT ACCESSORIES, ADVISES IPR
When a customer needs a dewatering solution, they might not always be able to specify the exact accessories that must accompany the pump to get...
A BRAVE new world for bearings
An experimental verification facility that will provide unprecedented insights into the mechanisms behind bearing failures and performance prediction is being built by SKF. Some ten...
1,700 Nigerien Gold Miners Stranded in Burkina Faso, IOM to Assist their Return Amid Border Closures
Over 1,700 Nigeriens are currently stranded in Burkina Faso after fleeing clashes in Diebougou, a gold mining region in that country’s south. Lacking means to...
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),...
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...
Black Rock Mining negotiating to formalise government ownership in Tanzanian graphite project
Black Rock Mining Ltd (ASX:BKT) has received Tanzanian Government confirmation of the start of a process to formalise the structure and nature of ownership in the Mahenge Graphite Project....
DR Congo locks down mining city and Zambia border town
Democratic Republic of Congo imposed a 24-hour lockdown on the mining hub of Lubumbashi on Tuesday and was set to shut down Kasumbalesa, a border...