Zimbabwe makes U-turn on mining royalties to halt currency slide
Zimbabwe’s finance minister requested mining companies to pay up to half of their royalties in local currency, as part of measures to stem a decline...
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Akobo Minerals gears up for gold production start-up with opening of rural airstrip
Euronext-listed Akobo Minerals, the Scandinavian-based Ethiopian gold exploration and mining company, has announced details of the first ever flight to land at a new airstrip...
MIP Process Technologies: The processing gift that just keeps on giving
The onset of COVID-19 across the globe saw most businesses move into survival mode in 2020, and Level 1, BEE compliant process equipment supplier MIP...
Ensuring Affordability and Security of Energy Supply in Africa
Production underperformance does not only impact domestic energy supply but reduced export revenues for producing nations, creating a multiplier effect on the economy. During 2021/2022,...
Tharisa signs MoU with energy firms for 40 MWp solar photovoltaic project
Tharisa has signed a MoU with Total Eren, a leading international renewable energy Independent Power Producer (IPP), and Chariot, the African focused transitional energy company...
Sandvik’s Harare powerhouse keeps mining moving
With exciting prospects for new mines and brownfield projects in Zimbabwe, Sandvik Mining & Rock Solutions’ Harare-based operation remains at full capacity and at the...
Saudi strategy will make KSA a mining hub, industry pundits believe
Saudi Arabia has in recent years been under scrutiny as a major player in the oil-based carbon economy, but it is now drawing praise for...
Shell and QatarEnergy strike oil off the coast of Namibia
Light oil has been discovered offshore of Namibia, that country’s national oil company has announced. The National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) on Friday said...
Jammed in a cage with no escape: Women suffer mining’s dark side
Noxolo Bobotyane, a veteran of more than a decade in South Africa’s gold fields, has seen firsthand how women are sexually harassed as they start...
Five Dead In Gold Mine Collapse In Storm-Hit Mozambique
Five miners have died after a gold mine collapsed during flooding in central Mozambique’s Manica province, public radio reported Tuesday. The accident in Sussundenga district,...