Africa

An emerging mining company in Côte d’Ivoire, Tietto Minerals, has won the 2020 ‘Investment Battlefield’ competition at the Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town. The annual Investing in African Mining Indaba has grown into the most comprehensive gathering of mining companies, investors, governments, mine solution providers and media …

Climate campaigners have described the announcement by the British government to suspend financial support for thermal coal as a “small first step.” The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson announced at the inaugural UK-Africa summit that the government will suspend financial support for thermal coal as part of efforts to present …

African Development Bank President Akinwumi  Adesina is expected in London for the UK-Africa Summit, an investment summit aimed at forging new partnerships under the theme: ‘Partners for prosperity.’ The summit is being convened by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and kicks off on January 20th. According to a statement, a busy …

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the time has come for Africa to benefit from its mineral wealth and be a producer of value-added goods. The President made the impassioned plea during the opening ceremony of the second Africa Investment Forum at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. Approximately 2 000 delegates …

Russian companies have offered African countries solutions based on the internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) to boost mining production. The offers follow the realisation that traditional means are becoming increasingly expensive, with productivity falling due to technical maintenance costs, unreliable equipment, reactive troubleshooting, a lower equipment utilisation …

The return of licenses to 241 companies and semi-industrial diamond mining cooperatives in seven provinces of Angola will allow the creation of at least 20,000 jobs, the national director of Mineral Resources said on Friday in Dundo. André Buta, who spoke at the end of the delivery of 31 of …

The Kouri project by Golden Rim Resources is seen to be making stable drilling progress in Burkina Faso, West Africa. According to the company RC drilling commenced in the river channel area of the Footwall Shear, following up a recently obtained high-grade drill intercept of 4m at 44.7 grams per …

The Ethiopian Government has approved the mining license for East Africa Metals to proceed with the Mato Bula Gold Copper and Da Tambuk Gold Deposits at its Adyabo project within the country. The mining license agreements for Mato Bula and Da Tambuk have been formally approved by the Ministry of …

Construction works at Ghana’s biggest power Bulk Supply Point (BSP) at Pokuase in Ga West have commenced. The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, recently turned the sod at an event that marked the start of construction at a project that will change the future of energy supply in …

The first international project “early-start” by the emerging African graphite producer Walkabout Resources has started to commence procurement, manufacturing and site works for the Lindi Jumbo graphite project. Simultaneously with “early-start”, the company has finalised a placement of US$3.1 million at a price of A$0.23c which is a 10% discount …