Ethiopian Gold Mine Leaves Deadly Toxic Waste Trail in Prime Minister’s Home Town
A gold mine in Ethiopia’s most populous and restive region, Oromia, has been anything but a blessing. Residents claim that contamination from the mine, owned...
Category : Mining
Premier African Minerals snaps up additional 7% in Namibian firm
ZIMBABWE-focused miner, Premier African Minerals (Premier), has acquired a further 7% stake at Namibian MN Holdings Limited (MNH) for US$700 000 following the approval of...
How the mining industry is rallying to help during Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic has created severe challenges for the mining industry but, amongst the bad news, there have also been positive stories as miners rally...
Huge Chinese mining deal as Zijin buys 50.1% of Tibet Julong Copper for $550 million
China’s Zijin Mining Group already has significant mining investment projects in 14 provinces (regions) domestically and 11 countries overseas including a list of large production...
The mining industry is becoming SA’s new Covid-19 epicentre
About half of the total Covid-19 coronavirus cases in the North West, which has almost tripled its numbers in just a week, are in the...
New Finnish copper technology for Democratic Republic of Congo
New copper solvent extraction technology is to be delivered to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by Finnish mining technology company Outotec. La Sino-Congolaise des Mines...
Botswana mining operations resume
Gaborone- Plans are already underway to re-start operations at different mining sites in Botswana after they were on hold following a national lockdown in April this year. Botswana mining companies among...
DRCongo suspends board and management of state diamond miner MIBA
The Democratic Republic of Congo has suspended the board of directors and management of state-controlled diamond mining company MIBA, after an audit revealed significant irregularities,...
Rwanda’s tax revenue set to drop to $1.5b
Rwanda’s revenue collection is projected to reduce to Rwf1.4 trillion ($1.5 billion) in the 2020/2021 financial from Rwf1.6 trillion ($1.6 billion) projected in the 2019/2020...
Onbelt analysers provide insights into process performance that are unobtainable to traditional sampling system results.
Minute by minute measurement in real-time enables adjustment of process systems and empowers plant operators to minimize losses in efficiency from process excursions. In uranium...