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DRC Mining Week, the annual mining expo and exhibition, that celebrated its 20th edition last year, returns to the Pullman Grand Karavia Hotel in Lubumbashi from 17 to 19 June. According to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Minister of Mining, Louis Kabamba: “DRC Mining Week is fully aligned with the …

Turning collaborations into action, Mining Indaba 2027 is expected to shift from collaboration alignment to execution. Scheduled for 8th to the 11th of February 2027, under the theme: ‘Stronger Together: Partnerships in Pracitce’, marks the annual event’s move into a new chapter, the second of three. The theme is coined …

Following the tremendous success of the 2024 Forklift Driver Competition, Lifting Africa is proud to announce that Transvaal Training has once again been confirmed as the official judging partner for the upcoming Forklift Driver Competition taking place at Electra Mining Africa. Transvaal Training is one of South Africa’s leading operator …

Tanzania has intensified its campaign to protect its domestic extractives sector from external exploitation by launching a comprehensive nationwide audit of all active technical support agreements in the small-scale mining industry. Announcing the decisive enforcement drive, Minister of Minerals Anthony Mavunde ordered the immediate suspension of all mining operations along …

There is a pattern that has defined Africa’s relationship with its own natural wealth for centuries of digging it up, ship it out and watch the value get created somewhere else. As the global economy pivots from fossil fuels to clean energy and as demand for the critical minerals that …

Africa’s vast critical mineral reserves, essential to batteries, electric vehicles and clean technologies have elevated the continent’s geopolitical importance to a level that is reshaping the terms on which international partnerships are structured. At the 2026 Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, Africa and France signalled a decisive departure from traditional …

Southern Africa’s uranium sector is regaining strategic relevance as global demand for nuclear energy accelerates, driven by fossil fuel supply disruptions and the urgent push for low-carbon power alternatives. Once a niche commodity, uranium, identified by the symbol U and atomic number 92, is again drawing serious attention as countries …

Patrice Motsepe has significantly expanded his footprint in South Africa’s renewable energy sector after African Rainbow Energy (ARE) acquired a controlling stake in SOLA Group, creating one of the country’s largest independently owned energy businesses. The transaction increases ARE’s shareholding in SOLA Group from 41% to 83%, giving it majority …

The precise accuracy of taking an oil sample from a machine component is one of the most critically important steps in the scientific analysis of oil as part of a condition monitoring programme. According to condition monitoring specialist company, WearCheck, taking samples is often a very specialised task, and not …

Didier Rault, CEO of World Mining Investment, has joined the advisory board of African Mining Week (AMW) 2026. Seasoned Rault’s appointment is timely with African markets seeking fresh capital to fast-track projects development and capitalize on rising global demand for critical minerals which is expected to triple by 2030. As …