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i-80 makes high-grade silver-rich discovery at Ruby Hill
31st August 2022 By: Mariaan Webb

Dual-listed i-80 Gold has discovered high-grade, silver-rich polymetallic carbonate replacement (CRD) mineralisation in drilling at the Hilltop target at Ruby Hill in Nevada, which the company... 


Trillium appoints new executive chair
22nd August 2022 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-V-listed Trillium Gold Mines has appointed prominent mining finance executive Luke Norman as its executive chairperson with immediate effect. Norman has decades of value accretive and venture... 


The Moon’s south polar region
Nasa announces list of potential landing sites for crewed Artemis III Moon mission
22nd August 2022 By: Rebecca Campbell

The US space agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa), announced on Friday its list of possible landing sites on the Moon for the crewed Artemis III mission. Artemis III... 


Specialist inspection, non-destructive testing company continues providing quality through experience
Specialist inspection, non-destructive testing company continues providing quality through experience
22nd August 2022 By: Simone Liedtke

Over the past 41 years De-Tect Unit Inspection & Cooperheat of Africa has grown into one of the leading companies providing specialised inspection, non-destructive testing (NDT), and thermal... 


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The emulsion vertical delivery system contributes to efficiency, as it frees up cage time, consequently enabling mines to not only increase hoisting capacity but also productivity
EVDS supports productivity
19th August 2022 By: Tracy Hancock

Mining houses are increasingly realising the value of using emulsions in underground and surface blasting applications, and the addition of an emulsion vertical delivery system (EVDS) further... 


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Exploration company completes drilling project
19th August 2022 By: Sabrina Jardim

Australia-based exploration and development company Thor Mining has completed the second phase of drilling at its Ragged Range project, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, in July. Owing to... 


Cartrack adds new AI-powered safety alerts to driver monitoring
Cartrack adds new AI-powered safety alerts to driver monitoring
18th August 2022 By: Irma Venter

Cartrack has enabled a series of new safety alerts for vehicle drivers and fleet managers related to speeding, traffic proximity and potential distractions. The company says it has enhanced its... 


The Sibanye-Stillwater US platinum group metals panel is (clockwise from bottom left) Neal Froneman, James Wellsted, Wayne Robinson, Richard Stewart, Charles Carter, and Pieter Henning.
Stillwater repositioned for delivery through commodity cycle
12th August 2022 By: Martin Creamer

Prevailing macro-environment challenges and changing palladium market conditions have prompted a strategic revision of Sibanye-Stillwater’s United States platinum group metal (PGM) operations,... 


Cape Town CBD
Cape Town readies battery storage, ‘dispatchable IPP’ procurement programmes
12th August 2022 By: Terence Creamer

The City of Cape Town, which is in the process of procuring up to 200 MW of renewable energy from independent power producers (IPPs), expects to initiate a utility-scale battery energy storage... 


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SANS 1589 Failsafe Emergency Brakes
12th August 2022

Since the early 2010s, industrial equipment manufacturer and supplier AIM Equipment (B-BBEE Level 2) has devoted several resources into the design and development of true SANS 1589-certified brake... 


ICD Property gets approval for 183 m high-rise tower in New Zealand
11th August 2022 By: Schalk Burger

Commercial and residential property developer ICD Property has received approval to build a 183-m-tall, 55 level residential high-rise tower in central Auckland, New Zealand, which will reshape the... 


Gold Resources provides Michigan enviro dept with an update on Back Forty improvements
8th August 2022 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

NYSE-listed gold and silver miner Gold Resources said in a statement on August 5 that it had been invited by the Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) to participate... 


Artist’s impression of a Viceroy WIG craft in flight
US company developing innovative Wing-In-Ground-Effect craft using Siemens software
3rd August 2022 By: Rebecca Campbell

US company REGENT, which is developing a zero-carbon wing-in-ground-effect (WIG) vehicle, has adopted the Xcelerator cloud-based software and services portfolio from Siemens Digital Industries... 


Rockwell Automation partnership aids technology access for East African market
29th July 2022

Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, has appointed Multivista Kenya Limited, a Ramco Group Company, as a... 


Eskom, Netherlands Embassy to collaborate further on repurposing of the Grootvlei power station site
28th July 2022 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Power utility Eskom and the Netherlands Embassy have signed a letter of intent to guide the next phase of collaboration between the two parties. In the next phase of the collaboration, Eskom and... 


ERA having trouble raising rehabilitation funding
28th July 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

The independent board committee (IBC) of ASX-listed Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) will need to go back to the drawing board in their quest to raise funding to finance rehabilitation work at... 


Kanga granted potash mining licence in Congo-Brazzaville
22nd July 2022 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Privately-owned Kanga Potash has been granted a mining and production licence for the Kanga potash project, in Congo-Brazzaville. The company now has all the necessary regulatory consents in place... 


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Sanankoro gold project, Mali – update
22nd July 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

Cora Gold has updated the mineral resource estimate for its Sanankoro gold project. 


Enel connects 147 MW Soetwater Wind Farm to national grid
21st July 2022 By: Schalk Burger

Renewable energy developer Enel Green Power (EGP) has connected the 147 MW Soetwater Wind Farm, located in a remote part of the Karoo Hoogland local municipality in the Northern Cape, to the... 


Cotton On South Africa headqaurters
Cotton On unveils new environment-, staff-friendly head office, distribution centre
21st July 2022 By: Donna Slater

Australian fashion retailer the Cotton On Group (COG) has invested R300-million in new custom-built headquarters and a distribution centre in Waterfall City, Midrand, which it officially launched... 


Gemfields reports attacks moving closer to its Moz ruby mine
20th July 2022 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Dual-listed Gemfields says an attack, attributed to insurgent activity, occurred on July 13 in closer proximity to the operations of Montepuez Ruby Mining (MRM), in which Gemfields holds a 75%... 


Cora reports increase in gold ounces at Sanankoro project
19th July 2022 By: Darren Parker

Aim-listed Cora Gold has updated the mineral resource estimate (MRE) for its Sanankoro gold project, in southern Mali, with a 14% increase in total ounces compared with the MRE published in... 


Africa can increase natural gas supply, exports to Europe
15th July 2022 By: Schalk Burger

Export capacity constraints currently hamper some African countries from increasing their exports of natural gas and liquefied natural gas and, while exploration has dropped off, new gasfield... 


Arrow to acquire access to iron project in Guinea
13th July 2022 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

ASX-listed Arrow Minerals has executed a nonbinding term sheet to acquire up to a 60.5% controlling interest in Amalgamated Minerals, a private Singaporean-registered company, which holds a 100%... 


Kavango identifies EM conductors at Botswana project
11th July 2022 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

LSE-listed Kavango Resources has identified a cluster of three electromagnetic (EM) conductors within Target Area B in the northern (Hukuntsi) section of the Kalahari Suture Zone (KSZ) in Botswana.... 


Firm puzzles out Chile project’s geology
8th July 2022

Mineral exploration and development company Montero in its blog last month noted that it is assembling the geological puzzle of its Avispa copper project thorough its exploration work. According to... 


Bowen completes acquisition
1st July 2022 By: Darren Parker

ASX-listed Bowen Coking Coal has completed its 100% buyout of the shares in coal company New Lenton Coal, which it called a transformational transaction for the company. New Lenton holds a 90%... 


An image of sod-turning at the Salvokop Precinct Development
DPWI undertaking bulk infrastructure installation at new mixed-use development
29th June 2022 By: Donna Slater

The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) is building and installing bulk and internal infrastructure at the Salvokop Precinct Development – a mixed-use precinct project, which forms... 


Retail sector shows signs of recovery as SA shoppers stick close to home
Retail sector shows signs of recovery as SA shoppers stick close to home
28th June 2022

Against all odds, the South African retail sector is showing strong signs of recovery, with shopper activity returning to pre-pandemic levels. “While many feared that a combination of loadshedding,... 


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What SA Inc needs to do to become a green hydrogen powerhouse
27th June 2022

Attributed to Nadège Hopman, deputy head of the regional representation for Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean at the European Investment Bank A recent visit to the European Union (EU)  has... 


Booyco Electronics
Booyco Electronics
24th June 2022

Booyco Electronics, South African pioneer of Proximity Detection Systems, offers safety solutions for underground and surface mining, quarrying, construction, forestry and materials handling.... 


The rollercoaster and exhilaration of being a demolition specialist
23rd June 2022

In celebration of International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) on 23 June, Jet Demolition Contracts and Project Manager Kate Bester (NDip. Civil Engineering, PMP) highlights being in close... 


Strike signs port deal
21st June 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

ASX-listed Strike Resources has secured port access in the Pilbara that would allow the company to start exporting from its Paulsens East project in July. Strike has executed a formal combined... 


Bowen secures A$190m financing for Burton buy
21st June 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Coal miner Bowen Coking Coal has secured A$190-million in funding to fast-track the acquisitions of the Burton and Lenton projects, in Queensland. Bowen Coking Coal at the end of December last... 


Cobre makes a move on Metal Tiger's Kalahari exploration vehicle
16th June 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

ASX-listed Cobre has struck a share purchase deed with fellow-listed Metal Tiger to acquire take full ownership of the Kalahari Metals (KML) exploration vehicle. Cobre holds a 51% stake inKML,... 


Insurgent attacks inch closer to Gemfields’ Montpuez mine
13th June 2022 By: Donna Slater

Gemstone miner Gemfields reports that several insurgent attacks in the vicinity of Ancuabe, Mozambique, starting on June 6, are happening in closer proximity to its Montpuez ruby mine (MRM) than in... 


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Quarrying under pressure, owing to lack of road builds
10th June 2022 By: Tracy Hancock

A lack of genuine infrastructure development over the past ten years has reduced demand for aggregates, placing significant pressure on local quarries, says construction materials supplier AfriSam.... 


Britain’s BT and MTN form strategic alliance
10th June 2022 By: Natasha Odendaal

South African telecommunications giant MTN Business and UK-based fixed and mobile telecommunications firm BT have partnered to form a strategic alliance to enhance security and communications... 


Eskay Creek gold/silver project, Canada – update
Eskay Creek gold/silver project, Canada – update
10th June 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

Skeena Resources has welcomed the historic consent-based decision-making agreement reached by the province of British Columbia and the Tahltan Central Government. 


Booyco Electronics builds capability, skills in SA economy
9th June 2022

(Virtual Showroom): Driven by stringent mine safety requirements underpinned by legislation, South Africa is a global front-runner in proximity detection systems (PDS) with Booyco Electronics as a... 


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São Chico mine, Brazil
3rd June 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

A gold mine in the Tapajos region in the state of Para, in Brazil 


Trillium continues to extend foothold along Confederation belt
2nd June 2022 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Northern Ontario-focused Trillium Gold Mines has signed an option agreement to acquire the Wenasaga gold property, held by Bounty Gold, contiguous to its Eastern Vision land package. The 1 692-ha... 


BT, MTN partner to form strategic alliance
26th May 2022 By: Natasha Odendaal

South African telecommunications giant MTN Business and UK-based fixed and mobile telecommunications firm BT have partnered to form a strategic alliance to enhance security and communications... 


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