The Kamoa-Kakula mine has started producing copper. 

The project has the potential to be the first iron deposit to be considered for development in Botswana.   

Technical consulting engineers and science expertise provider SRK Consulting has extensive experience and a long working history in the mining sector, and is using its expertise to assist the... 

More early-stage upfront work to generate detailed engineering specifications will be needed before project developers can submit their water-use licence applications (WULA) to the Department of... 

Mines are increasingly required to implement programmes showing good practice in local procurement. International standards  – as well as local policy and regulation – provide requirements and... 

NRW Holdings Group’s subsidiary, Primero, has been appointed to build the processing facilities at the project. 

The target date for first copper concentrate production from the Kamoa-Kakula copper mine has been brought forward by several months. 

South Africa’s recent droughts are teaching businesses a life-changing lesson that businesses can no longer simply assume that clean water will always be available to keep operations running smoothly. 

Kore Potash has signed a nonbinding memorandum of understanding with Summit Consortium to arrange the total financing required for the construction of the project. 

More early-stage upfront work to generate detailed engineering specifications will be needed before project developers can submit their water-use licence applications (WULA) to the Department of... 

Of the initiatives and programmes implemented by the Mandela Mining Precinct, its industry test mine has garnered the most interest and positive sentiment from mining companies, universities and... 

base and precious metals developer Ivanhoe Mines is considering accelerating the Phase 3 concentrator expansion at its Kamoa-Kakula project. 

Following its mid-April global executive meeting, independent consultancy SRK Consulting has appointed Tim McGurk group CEO. He succeeds Andy Barrett who has served the company for 16 years and... 

SRK Consulting has announced that Tim McGurk has taken over as group CEO, following the company’s global executive meeting in mid-April. Given his three decades of resource industry experience,... 

With sub-Saharan Africa achieving an implementation level of just 46% in integrated water resources management, there is considerable scope for the region to improve its performance in meeting... 

The Bermejal underground mine – one of three planned expansion projects at the Los Filos mine – is under way. 

Kore Potash and African strategic advisory, corporate finance and alternative investment group Summit Africa have signed a nonbinding memorandum of understanding to arrange the total financing... 

There have been several changes globally as well as in West Africa’s mining industry, with the industry steadily embracing a more sustainable approach to mining, highlights SRK associate partner... 

Donlin Gold has confirmed a follow-up drill programme for the project. 

Ivanhoe Mines is considering accelerating the Phase 3 concentrator expansion at its Kamoa-Kakula project. 

Gold and silver explorer Ascot Resources has progressed the basic and preconstruction engineering studies. 

Diversified metal explorer and developer Orion Minerals is targeting production startup in 2024. 

A large mining company in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has – with assistance  from consultancy SRK Consulting Congo – become the first to have its Cahier de Charge, or social term sheet,... 

Mineral sands developer Strandline Resources has secured $60-million in debt funding for the Coburn mineral sands project. 

Despite the severe disruption of the global movement of goods during the early stages of Covid-19, most countries and companies were able to introduce mechanisms to allow for activity to resume,... 

With water security declining in South Africa, consulting engineers and scientists SRK Consulting principal consultant Fiona Sutton believes that securing commitment from companies regarding the... 

Independent consulting engineers and scientists SRK Consulting’s operational base in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has increased the levels of its local employee ownership significantly.... 

ASX-listed Strandline Resources has signed a 15-year electricity supply agreement for its Coburn project with Pacific Energy subsidiary Contract Power Australia. 

Mines are increasingly required to implement programmes showing good practice in local procurement. International standards – as well as local policy and regulation – provide requirements and... 

Orion Minerals announced a A$25-million capital raising on February 25 to fast-track the development of its two base metal production centres in South Africa – the Prieska and Okiep copper complexes. 

Cora Gold has started a 22 000 m drilling campaign at its flagship Sanankoro gold project. 

West Africa-focused Cora Gold has started a 22 000 m drilling campaign at its flagship Sanankoro gold project in southern Mali. CEO Bert Monro says the drill programme will be the largest single... 

Giyani Metals has received the first set of assay results from the reverse circulation infill drilling programme from the project. 

In this opinion piece, SRK Consulting partner and principal consultant Andrew van Zyl reflects on some of the most prominent topics discussed at this year's Investing in African Mining Indaba.... 

Mines are increasingly required to implement programmes showing good practice in local procurement. International standards – as well as local policy and regulation – provide requirements and... 

A preliminary economic assessment has supported Sierra Metals’ organic growth strategy. 

OZ Minerals has reported that the accelerated decline development at the Prominent Hill project is progressing well. 

Much is expected of pioneer industries, such as mining, which often have to establish themselves and operate in environments that are less than ideal, lacking, for instance, in energy and transport... 

While it will always be important for people in the mining sector to interact regularly in a forum where they seek new business opportunities, the Covid-19 pandemic has shown that virtual events... 

Orion Minerals has reported an encouraging set of results from its high-impact exploration drilling programmes targeting near-mine and regional volcanogenic massive sulphide copper/zinc and... 

Mines are increasingly required to implement programmes showing good practice in local procurement. International standards – as well as local policy and regulation – provide requirements and... 

Ivanhoe Mines has said that underground development at the copper project resulted in the mining and stockpiling of 269 000 t of ore, grading 5.36% copper, in December.