Tanzania: Plight of Tanzanian Children Working in Mines
CHILDREN from families living near mines find themselves in precarious situations that do not bode well for their rights and welfare. This was said recently...
Mining
Billionaires back UK miner to hunt for metals in Greenland
British miner teams up with company backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos to hunt down mega-deposit of metals used in electric cars A British...
Mali’s gold exports ease 0.3% in 2020
Mali’s gold exports eased 0.3% in 2020 because of a drop in exports from artisanal production, external trade data from the country’s statistics agency showed...
Rossing mining bolsters healthcare, COVID-19 fight in Namibia
Support by a China-invested company, Namibia has heightened healthcare provision and enabling medical professionals in the country’s coastal Erongo region to perform their duties more...
BlackEarth Minerals positive Maniry graphite pilot program confirms very high yields and coarse flake production results
The Maniry Graphite Project has already undergone a bankable feasibility study, which posits a 10-year mine life and a 42% internal rate of return. The...
SOUTHERN AFRICAN DIAMOND MINERS DELIVER POLISHED PERFORMANCES IN SECOND QUARTER
De Beers’s production of rough diamonds increased by 134.3% to 8.2 million carats in the second quarter of 2021 compared with a contraction 7.7% seen...
Tanzania: Govt Issues Three-Day Ultimatum to Tembo Nickel
MINISTER for Minerals, Dotto Biteko has directed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), for Tembo Nickel, Chris Showalter, to ensure that he compiles a comprehensive company’s...
Siemens drives digital transformation at its Virtual Smart Mining Forum
Siemens ( www.Siemens.com ) hosts Virtual Smart Mining Forum to explore new trends and the impact of technology on the mining sector; Launch of a Hackathon to...
Explainer: What is deep-sea mining?
Prized rare metals sitting at the bottom of the sea could play a key role in creating an environmentally sustainable future on land, but scientists...
Renewables-plus-storage projects for mining operations in Australia, Madagascar for BHP, Rio Tinto
Solar and solar-plus-storage systems will be installed at two nickel mines in Western Australia for BHP, a supplier to Tesla, while a Rio Tinto ilmenite...