International diamond miner De Beers Group has announced intentions to pilot a programme called GemFair, to create a secure and transparent route to market ethically-sourced artisanal and small-scale mined (ASM) diamonds. The scheme GemFair will use dedicated technology to record ASM production at mine sites that meet demonstrable ethical standards, …

Tanzanian-focused flake graphite development company Volt Resources Limited has announced that Bunyu Graphite project’s environmental approvals continue to progress in line with expectations, with the National Environment Management Council (NEMC). On the backdrop the company is working on the US$40 million Note Issue with the Tanzanian Capital Markets and Securities …

Polypipe, the UK’s largest and most innovative manufacturer of plastic piping systems has urged miners to have thorough pipe-work infrastructure in place to drive sustainability forward and preserve the environment. This comes at the backdrop that by 2030, water demand is expected to exceed supply in Africa by 17 percent, …

Southern African Development Community (SADC) believes increasing the demand for mining goods and services is necessary to grow the industry in Africa Seth Akweshie, Industrialisation Adviser for SADC made the announcement recently at the Cross-Border Mining Services Indaba, in Johannesburg citing that most inland developments in Africa have been established …

De Beers group subsidiary International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research (IIDGR) has announced plans to launch two of its diamond education courses in simplified Chinese. The development is expected to help students in one of the largest and fastest growing markets for diamond jewellery to enhance their knowledge of …

JSE-listed engineering and construction group Murray & Roberts has started shifting its attention from Eskom’s two mega-scale power station projects – Limpopo and Mpumalanga respectively, to tackling a range of smaller opportunities in various industrial and resources sectors. The company’s subsidiary Power & Water’s chief executive officer Steve Harrison says …

Tanzania has granted OreCorp’s Nyanzaga gold project, in the Lake Victoria Goldfields an environmental certificate. The mineral exploration company said the certificate, which is a culmination of over 18 month’s work by the company, stakeholders and in-country consultants. In addition, the certificate is an essential component for the grant of …

Despite full year gold production of 767,883 ounces at all-in sustaining costs (AISC) of US$875 per ounce, Acacia Mining has post net loss of US$707 million. Peter Geleta, the company’s Chief Executive Officer remains optimistic , though the books are in the red. “We delivered resilient operational performance during a …

Up-skilling workforce through useful training courses is one of the long-recognised ways to ensure productivity remains elevated. WearCheck says the reliability solutions arena is a prime example of how well-trained workers can have a positive impact on an industrial operation by maximising the investment in a good condition monitoring programme. …

Online-Electrical and ElectroMechanica (EM) continues to cement their bilateral relationship, as the latter strives to lead the market. Joey Gaskell, Online-Electrical Managing Director said EM’s ‘win-win’ mentality for end-user clients, its product distributors, and the company itself, makes it the ‘go to’ partner for the supply of sophisticated electronics and …