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Representatives of the Ghana Solar Industry and international partners of the University inaugurated the new Solar Training Centre and launched the 3-week Solar Planner Course for Students. Takoradi Technical University (TTU) in Takoradi, Ghana yesterday held the international inauguration of its new Solar Power Training Centre, a permanent facility dedicated …

Condra Cranes notes that the company is “very positive going into 2022, as Africa remains a good market and has good prospects”. The Gauteng-based company which is a supplier of cranes originally established its footprint in Zambia before expanding into the DRC. Expressing a positive outlook for the African mining …

Minerals Deputy Minister Dr Stephen Kiruswa has directed the investor to ensure they get the approval of the villagers as they expand and change land use in the areas from pasture land to a mining field. The government also ordered mining firms to adhere to the country’s mining laws and …

Welcome to Nairobi, the city of gold scammers, a city where many have lost millions of dollars to bling-bling-wearing fraudsters, who have tentacles and partners across Africa — from Kampala to Lagos, Kinshasa to Niamey. Their victims are mostly foreigners who, after realising they were conned, resort to court cases …

Red Rock Resources, an Aim-listed resource company, reports that it has completed 1 744 m of reverse circulation drilling at the Mikei gold project in Kenya. A 2 000 m drill program is underway at the KKM Central prospect in the project’s western area. The company is drilling 17 holes …

Kenya’s mining industry, which is expected to generate US$200 million in 2020, is expected to expand as more companies begin production next year. After Shanta Gold, a mining company with operations in Kenya and Tanzania, announced that additional visible gold has been identified in seven different intersections, the western part …

Tanzania is reaping the benefits of its enormous mineral resources thanks to important operational reforms done by the State Mining Corporation (STAMICO). Since its inception in 1972, the mining corporation has gone from strength to strength, reducing its reliance on the government from 100% to only 22% now. Dr Dotto …

Many African governments take a short-term, predatory approach to the sector, playing to populist rhetoric, rather than engaging it as a long-term developmental partner. Africa has the potential to be the continent of the future in the mining industry. However, if government’s approach mining companies in a predatory manner, this …

Mining corporations are considering investing in nations that they previously deemed too hazardous, such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia, owing to a shrinking pipeline of large copper mines elsewhere and record-high prices. Because of investor concerns about unpredictable regulatory regimes, difficult working conditions, and corruption, some …

The 2022 edition of Investing in African Mining Indaba, originally scheduled for February has been moved to May 2022. Organisers of the event said the decision was made following extensive consultation with partners, key stakeholders across the mining value chain and government ministers. “Collectively we decided, due to ongoing challenges …