Africa

Konecranes has completed acquisition of Terex MHPS trading as Demag Cranes, Hoists, Material Handling and Ports Solutions. According to the company the acquisition will improve Konecranes’ position as a focused global leader in the industrial lifting and port solutions market, as the two crane brands share their considerable combined knowledge …

Power generation bids The bidding process for the power generation followed an expressions of interest phase which was completed in January. Tender documents have been received from a group of highly reputable power providers with extensive experience in both Africa and other developing jurisdictions. The bids were based on the …

BMI Research reports that the mining sector will continue to face headwinds from policy uncertainty regarding the passing of the draft mining charter. This will hinder the potential of a recovery in 2016 from becoming solid. BMI Research, (a unit of Fitch Group), forecasts the domestic mining industry value to …

Graphite developer Magnis Resources has been granted a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) licence for the development of an advanced graphite processing plant in Tanzania. Tanzania – The approval to operate within a SEZ in Tanzania will allow ASX-listed Magnis Resources to apply the advanced technologies it has been developing to …

Kibo Mining has agreed with Metal Tiger, its partner in Tanzania, to cease JV activities at the Pinewood and Morogoro projects immediately and relinquish the licences. Both Metal Tiger and Kibo Mining have experienced considerable success in respect of other projects of their business portfolios and this has led to …

Aim-listed Goldplat has, through its Gold Mineral Resources (GMR) subsidiary, entered into a $2-million uncommitted, on-demand, revolving pre-export loan facility with Scipion Active Trading Fund (SATF), arranged by Scipion Capital (Scipion). Goldplat is in the process of expanding the processing plant at its Kilimapesa gold mine, in Kenya, which to …

Mineral sands developer Strandline Resources is rapidly pursuing development of its 100%-owned, zircon-rich Fungoni mineral sands project in Tanzania. This follows the release of the results from a drilling campaign in January, which significantly increased the contained heavy mineral (HM) of the mineral resource estimate, improved JORC classification and confirmed …

The mining ore export ban in Tanzania announced in March 2017 is unlikely to be implemented. This is the view of BMI Research. However, the company cautions that the proposal is another sign of growing governmental regulations that may limit future investment and growth in the mining sector. The Tanzanian …

Junior Black Mountain Resources has reported a maiden indicated mineral resource of 4.6-million tonnes, grading 19% vermiculite at its Namekara project, in Uganda. “We have infill drilled around 10% of the area currently covered by the inferred resource and have converted about 85% of this inferred resource into an indicated …

Barclays Africa Group is preparing to list its NewGold ETF on the Nairobi Securities Exchange after receiving regulatory approval to begin trading the securities. “We expect the listing to take place early this year,’’ Michael Mgwaba, head of exchange traded products at Johannesburg-based Barclays Africa’s Absa Capital unit, said in an …