Platinum Group Metals production company Tharisa has closed a $130 million debt facility deal with French-based multinational financial services company, Société Générale and South African financial services firm, Absa Bank…
Bell Equipment has identified underground mining as an opportunity for growth. It has created a dedicated OEM business division to pursue this goal, including expanding the existing product range, providing…
“It is our firm belief that domestic and foreign direct investment brings the much-needed capital, technology, management techniques and knowledge of foreign markets,” Hakainde Hichilema, President of Zambia.” H.E. Hakainde…
Mining and mineral beneficiation plays a pivotal part in South Africa’s economy. The country’s mineral reserves are among the most valuable in the world. South Africa has the world’s largest…
Africa’s substantial cobalt, manganese, and platinum reserves can be used to build a robust manufacturing sector rather than merely being exported as raw materials, said African Development Bank Group (AfDB) President…
On the once bone-dry soil of a diamond mine in South Africa's central Free State province, Susan Masoha now harvests big bunches of tomatoes, eggplants and spinach. The former cleaner…
The findings of a new study that calculates sub-Saharan Africa’s raw material footprint over the past two decades, shows that production and consumption levels nearly doubled between 1995 and 2015.…
WELKOM - On the once bone-dry soil of a diamond mine in South Africa's central Free State province, Susan Masoha now harvests big bunches of tomatoes, eggplants and spinach. The…
Drilling an anomaly on Thorny River. (Image courtesy of Botswana Diamonds.) Botswana Diamonds (LON: BOD) has begun mining at Marsfonteinin South Africa, as a proof-of-concept trial project that it expects…
ORION Minerals spends more on its lawyers than on geologists. That’s not a great statistic for an exploration and development firm, but in South Africa’s junior mining sector it’s not…