Seven ways the resources sector can survive the COVID-19 crisis
The resources sector faces new and different challenges due to the current global crisis. From border lockdowns, new health protocols, falling demand and prices, production...
Author : Oliver Masunda
Kibo increases Mozambique land holding to expand energy projects
Africa focused energy company Kibo Energy has acquired 345 ha of land adjacent to its Benga power plant project, in Mozambique’s Tete province. Alongside hosting...
How mining companies can reduce equipment purchasing cost and improve quality
I have often encountered a problem they described in making decisions on key longwall equipment for underground coal mining. It can be stated as follows:...
Zululand Muncipality wants company’s mining rights revoked after slurry spill into a river
The Zululand District Municipality has called on authorities to revoke anthracite producer ZAC’s mining license. This after the mine reported that it experienced a spill...
South Deep gold mine trialling remote loading from surface
South Deep, the mechanised Gold Fields gold mine in western Gauteng, is putting remote loading to the test. “We’re trialling remote loading from surface, where...
Atlas Copco’s new sludge pump
Sweden-based Atlas Copco has expanded its WEDA submersible dewatering pump range with the addition of the S50 Sludge pump, which was said to be ideal for...
DISEC moves to de-escalate tension over miner’s death
The Ellembelle District Security Council (DISEC) and Management of Adamus Mines have met with opinion leaders of Anwia-Teleku-Bokazo communities to help deescalate tension over the...
Atlas Copco offers to simplify ordering
Atlas Copco Compressors has bundled some of its most popular air and nitrogen products into five packages to make ordering and financing easier. The new...
Why Nigeria needs to manage electronic waste better
n most of Nigeria’s cities, there are visible piles of refuse that have built up on roads, river banks and swampy land. These waste dumps...
AECI provides water infrastructure for Hammanskraal communities
AECI has established a ‘filling station’ for the City of Tshwane to supply safe drinking water to the water-stressed Hammanskraal community amid the Covid-19 pandemic....