South Africa’s ferrochrome industry has taken its first steps towards independent power generation, with plans to generate up to 750 MW of its own electricity (comprising wind, solar and cogenerated ...

Australian miner Sundance Resources has referred its dispute with the Cameroon government to arbitration at the International Chamber of Commerce, based in Paris, France. Sundance says its grievance ...

All mining operations requires blasting at one stage or another. Blast hole drilling is used in mining where a hole is drilled into the surface rock, packed with explosives and detonated. The aim of ...

Economic research institute Afriforesight expects the US and China to reach a trade war “truce” near the end of the year, providing some support for iron-ore. This anticipated resolution of the trade ...

Australia-based bauxite miner Metro Mining has signed two new offtake agreements with China-based aluminium producer Xinfa Group, which committed to purchase 7-million tons from April next year. The ...

Canada-headquartered Lucara Diamonds has recovered Botswana’s largest fancy pink gem yet, as well as one of the world’s largest pink diamonds on record, weighing 62.7 ct. The company has named the ...

Stocks sink and investors snap up t of gold; stocks surge and investors keep on snapping up t of gold. The haven has benefited from sustained inflows in recent days as the markets’ virus-driven ...

New data by consultancy firm Wood Mackenzie (Woodmac) has estimated that the demand for nickel in sulphate from the electric vehicle (EV) market is expected to reach some 800 000 t/y by 2035, while ...

London-listed rare earths explorer Kavango Resources has identified seven drill-ready targets at its joint venture (JV) Ditau project, in Botswana. Ditau is held in 50:50 JV with fellow-listed Power ...

Sudan has come to light as a jurisdiction that is more open to mining investment since the lifting of US sanctions in 2017, with 160 concession blocks available, of which 64 contain gold. The ...

Over the past eight months Autumn Skies Resources and Logistics (ASR&L) has been developing it's Autumn Skies Iron Ore (ASIO) mine which is South Africa's first private fully owned BEE iron ore mine ...

Boipelo Mining Contractors, a joint venture between engineering and construction multinational Murray & Roberts (M&R) and contact mining company AmandlaTM Group, has been awarded a R3.2-billion ...