Water management key to Kenya’s mining sector
Kenya’s mining industry, which generated an estimated Ksh22.7 billion in 2020, is expected to grow as more operators are set to begin production next year....
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Optimise your plant’s performance with thyssenkrupp’s condition-based maintenance solutions
While there can be no argument against the crucial role that maintenance plays in optimizing your plant’s overall performance, adopting the correct maintenance strategy is...
New Niagara Drop Guard Liners Offer 100% Cross Beam Protection
Haver & Boecker Niagara introduces its new Niagara Drop Guard wear liners. The polyurethane liners provide 100% cross beam protection for Niagara vibrating screens and...
Russian mining giant Nornickel settles dispute with Botswana govt, receives cash compensation
Russia’s Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel, today announced the settlement of its dispute with the Government of Botswana and...
Swiss Tower Mills to deliver vertical stirred grinding mill to Navachab gold mine in Namibia
Swiss Tower Mills Minerals AG (STM) has been awarded an order for the delivery of one VPM10 vertical stirred grinding mill for the Navachab gold...
Problem With “Conflict Minerals” Extraction
In the early 2000s, activists began to campaign against the extraction of “conflict minerals”—a catchall term for gold and the “three Ts” (tin, tantalum, and...
Thor Explorations reports initial gold resource estimate for Douta project in Senegal, shares up
Thor Explorations (TSXV: THX) today announced an initial NI 43-101 standard Maiden Mineral Resource Estimate (“MRE”) for the Makosa Deposit which is located in the...
Nigeria Creates Incentives in Mining Sector to Woo Foreign Investors
Foreign investors in Nigeria’s mining sector will be given a customs and import duty waiver for plant, machinery and equipment imported for mining operations, a...
Geothermal prospecting license issued in African Malawi
In a press release, Kalahari GeoEnergy Ltd (“Kalahari”) announced that the company has been granted a Reconnaissance License for the Chiweta geothermal prospect in northern Malawi. The...
Jindal plans to start building Botswana coal mine in 2022
India’s Jindal Steel & Power Limited (JSPL) will start building a coal mine in Botswana’s southeastern Mmamabula coalfields in 2022, aiming to supply the export...