Global mining giant Rio Tinto has signed an earn-in and joint venture agreement with Vancouver-headquartered Midnight Sun Mining. Under the agreement, Rio Tinto can buy up to a 75% interest in the Solwezi licences in Zambia for a total of $51m. The Solwezi licences consist of two individual exploration licences.Continue Reading
ArcelorMittal said that the winding down process would be complete by the end of the month. The steel giant last year announced plans to close the plant which is a critical economic driver along the West Coast with around 600 permanent employees and 500 sub-contractors. Despite numerous efforts to save theContinue Reading
Dafo Vehicle Fire Protection has started a partnership with Twakei Vehicle Fire Protection based in Nairobi, Kenya. Twakei is a specialist engineering company providing fire suppression services in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda, Sudan, Eritrea, Southern Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, and Somalia. “We are very excited to join Dafo Vehicle’s family becauseContinue Reading
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 pressures, project delays, supply chain and logistics issues, staffing, to declining optimism – like most sectors, the industry has been turned upside down. Many companiesContinue Reading
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 a 150 MW to 300 MW thermal power plant, which is being developed as part of a joint venture agreement with local energy company TermoeléctricaContinue Reading
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: “How does one make the best choice of equipment, so that it is not expensive, but at the same time high quality?” The most expensiveContinue Reading
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 of slurry material into a river in Okhukho village after the collapse of the dam wall. The dam capacity is 3183 square metres and itContinue Reading
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 we have a person sitting in the control room that’s operating a loader 3 km under the ground beneath him. It’s very exciting to seeContinue Reading
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 rental. Hrishikesh Kulkarni, Product Manager, Atlas Copco Power and Flow division, said, “The WEDA S50 is an ideal pump for rental companies and general contractorsContinue Reading
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 alleged burning of an illegal small scale miner to death by security guards of the mining company. The miner, Michael Dery, popularly called Budo, wasContinue Reading
