A gold mine in Ethiopia’s most populous and restive region, Oromia, has been anything but a blessing. Residents claim that contamination from the mine, owned by an Ethiopia-born Saudi tycoon, has led to disastrous health problems. Locals say chemicals used to process gold at the open-pit mine near Shakiso, 222Continue Reading
WEC Projects, a South Africa-based EPC contractor specialising in water and wastewater treatment solutions, says it will soon complete the installation of a new WEC Model B packaged sewage treatment plant at the Mothae diamond mine in Lesotho. The mine is 70% owned by Lucapa Diamond Company and 30% byContinue Reading
About half of the total Covid-19 coronavirus cases in the North West, which has almost tripled its numbers in just a week, are in the mining industry. North West had recorded a total of 523 Covid-19 cases by Sunday, while the Minerals Council SA revealed that the mining industry inContinue Reading
Smartphones now outnumber people with access to clean water in their homes. This bizarre factoid shows that human quality of life is no longer limited by our technological capabilities but rather by our access to, and efficient use of, finite and depleting resources. In other words, the kind of innovations that weContinue Reading
Mining Firm Sets Up Handwashing Units To Keep Covid-19 At BayContinue Reading
Ucore Rare Metals Inc is taking over Innovation Metals Corp (IMC), a privately held Canadian company that has developed RapidSX, a proprietary technology for the separation and purification of critical metals including rare earth elements, lithium, nickel and cobalt. RapidSX is an accelerated solvent-extraction-based separation technology, successfully piloted by IMC.. Ucore said the process has been highlyContinue Reading
As South Africa’s mining sector slowly reboots production following one of the strictest COVID-19 lockdowns in the world, mining companies have been tasked with taking all necessary steps to ensure the health and safety of all employees and contractors returning to work. Some control measures are already in place toContinue Reading
Autoprime pump sets from Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL) are high-capacity mobile flood control and inland water management units used for dewatering flood-affected areas in India and abroad during monsoons. Flooding in towns and cities during the monsoon not only affects businesses but also public movement and can sometimes even resultContinue Reading
German heavy machinery manufacturer GHH has developed a new 45 tonne (t) payload dump truck that offers maximum drive power, improved turning radius, large dumping angle, and high levels of safety. The dump truck is specially designed for use in underground hardrock mining applications. Fulfilling the latest emission standards asContinue Reading
Waste management is a key area in the pursuit of a clean and Sustainable environment in any country. It is the cornerstone of development, because wherever there are human beings, they shall generate waste, either by their daily survival and thus giving off daily domestic or municipal waste, or throughContinue Reading
