Picture: 123RF While there are various drivers of local empowerment and ownership requirements in sub-Saharan Africa, one key driver appears to be gaining ground: national interest empowerment. An analysis of local…
Precision Surface Mining The Boké Mine in Guinea, Africa, holds some of the world’s highest-quality bauxite deposits. To efficiently extract, process and transport the material from the mine, located approximately…
Blast Alliance brand represents BME's journey of digital innovation Blasting technology is moving mining towards a more sustainable future, a trend given now more impetus by the recent launch of…
Delivering his address at the virtual Mining Indaba earlier this year, President Cyril Ramaphosa praised the local mining sector – which has suffered largely due to the pandemic – for…
The course is aimed at mining and civil engineering project managers, engineers and technicians The Wits Mining Institute will be hosting an online course from 26 to 28 May 2021…
30 March 2021: When a layperson considers ‘demolition’, it is automatically equated with ‘blowing up’ buildings. However, demolition is a highly structured and technically complex process from an engineering, logistical…
South Africa-based proximity detection system (PDS) specialist Booyco Electronics says it is continues to grow its footprint in the domestic coal mining sector as more mines work towards “Level 9”…
Chairperson, Michael QuinertSource: QR Lawyers All three appeals lodged against West Wits Mining (WWI) have been dismissed by the South African Department of Environmental Fisheries and Forestry The appeals were…
With sub-Saharan Africa achieving an implementation level of just 46% in its degree of integrated water resources management, there is considerable scope for the region to improve its performance in…
Maputo — Mozambique's Administrative Tribunal (TA) has condemned the Brazilian mining giant Vale for its refusal to share information of public interest concerning its coal mining activities in the western…