South Africa's limping economy is likely to be further crippled unless the price of electricity is brought down. Eskom', which provides about 95% of South Africa's power, saw energy costs…
The floating power unit Akademik Lomonosov has arrived at the port of its permanent location in Pevek, Chukotka, in Russia's Far East, where it is being docked to start operations…
3-6 February, 2020 CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE - CAPE TOWN miningindaba.com Investing in African Mining Indaba is the largest mining investment event in Africa. With a proven track record…
Marches, protests and objections to plans to drill for gas and oil along the KwaZulu-Natal coastline over the past few years have come to naught. The Department of Mineral Resources…
The Weir Group will manufacture a range of Weir crushing and pump equipment to meet a $125mn order from Fortescue Metals for its magnetite iron ore project in the Pilbara,…
Condition monitoring specialists, WearCheck, scooped two awards from top international training body, Mobius, at a condition based maintenance (CBM Europe) conference in Belgium recently. The awards are for first place…
Early projections from recent onshore discovery made in the Delta de la Cuvette deposit in the Republic of Congo indicate that the deposits could produce up to 359-million barrels of…
Legal liability for climate change is an emerging risk for lenders in South Africa - a risk that is by no means limited to projects in the fossil fuel industry.…
Strong evidence links the mining of minerals to local conflict in several African countries. This is because minerals are prized by rebel groups and are a source of their financing. Examples…
First Quantum’s 80%-owned Kansanshi mine in Zambia is Africa’s largest copper operation. (Image courtesy of First Quantum Minerals) First Quantum Minerals has begun arbitration proceedings against Zambian state miner ZCCM-IH to…