Quality ‘cascade’ can optimise water treatment on mines
Relatively little water used during mining and processing needs to be clean or potable, so mines can reduce both water consumption and treatment costs by...
Mining
Safely resolving reactive ground when blasting
When a South African zinc mine experienced a premature detonation in one of its blastholes, BME was soon on site to investigate the incident and...
Under utilisation of mineral resources, reasons for slow development – FG
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, MMSD, Olamilekan Adegbite, has said that the under utilization of mineral resources available in the country is responsible...
Social audit report claims mining companies are cheating rural communities where they operate
The 2022 social audit report of the Mining Affected Communities United in Action (Macua) has painted a grim picture of how communities in mining areas...
Impala Platinum signs five-year wage deal
South Africa’s Impala Platinum on Tuesday said it had agreed a five-year wage deal with the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU). “The agreement...
Ghana Chamber of Mines chalks huge success over the last 4 years
The Ghana Chamber of Mines has chalked many successes over the last four years, thanks to a collaborative effort with stakeholders and the decision to...
Golden Rim to sell non-core Burkina Faso gold assets to Baor
Baor will purchase 100% stake in Golden Rim’s Burkina Faso subsidiary company, which owns the Kouri and Babonga assets. West African firm Golden Rim Resources...
Uganda announced that it had discovered 31 million tons of gold
Uganda said recent exploration studies have shown it has gold ore deposits of around 31 million tons and wants to attract big investors to develop...
De Beers, Botswana extend Debswana diamond sales agreement to June 2023
The Botswana government and Anglo American Plc’s unit De Beers Group have extended their agreement for the sale of rough diamond production from its joint...
Tertiary Minerals rises on positive drill results at Zambian project
Tertiary Minerals PLC on Wednesday reported positive new drilling results from its first drill programme at its Jacks copper project in Zambia. The Macclesfield, England-based...