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Barrick to spend $8million in Tanzania explorations

The Toronto-based mining company Barrick Gold, which operates three mines in the African country through Twiga Minerals, has announced that it will invest $8 million on exploration in Tanzania this year. The company also revealed that it has been granted 10 new exploration licenses in Tanzania, where it was until …

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Gold overtakes tourism as Tanzania’s biggest foreign exchange earner

Gold has overtaken tourism as Tanzania’s biggest foreign-exchange earner, while Barrick’s joint venture with the Tanzanian government paid its first cash dividend of $250 million earlier this week. The East African nation’s gold-mining industry is showing signs of a renaissance following a crackdown on smuggling and the settlement of a …

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The spotlight will be on ESG during the Africa Mining Forum

The spotlight is set to be on Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) at the Africa Mining Forum which is set to kick off from the 16-20 November 2020. A testament to this notion is the fact that the organisers of the event have also announced a unique digital ESG …

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Women Miners Urged to Take Lead in the Sector

The State Minister for Energy and Minerals Development, Sarah Achieng Opendi, has urged women to embrace mining and take strategic leadership roles in the sector. The minister’s powerful call is particularly an expression of solidarity with and morale booster to women miners who continue to bear the brunt of the …

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Ethiopia capitalises improvement in the metal’s price this year

Gold exports from Ethiopia increased four-fold year-on-year to 24,700 ounces during July and August, this is according to a Bloomberg report. This was after the central bank offered higher prices to mop up gold that may otherwise be smuggled. Ethiopia is the latest country in Africa to start buying up …

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Blasting tech takes mines into the future

Built on innovation since its inception over three decades ago, global explosives leader BME – a member of the JSE-listed Omnia Group – paves the way for mines to leverage the latest technologies for ever-greater efficiencies and productivity. “Harnessing technology as quickly as it develops – and applying it to …

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Tanzania publish regulations concerning graphite exports

The Government of Tanzania has officially published regulations concerning graphite concentrate exports. The updated regulation continues the policy of maintaining a minimum graphite concentration of 65% total graphitic carbon and payment of royalties as conditions of export. The 2020 regulations revoke 2019 The Mining Guidelines of 2019. Black Rock has …

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WearCheck moves to Westville

Condition monitoring specialists, WearCheck, recently relocated their head office and main laboratory from Pinetown to Westville, just outside Durban. The company’s Durban transformer laboratory also moved to the same premises. WearCheck’s new laboratory and offices are at No. 4 The Terrace, Westway Office Park, Westville. Managing director of WearCheck, Neil …

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Pix4D and SAP start a joint innovation project for the 3D inspection of transmission masts

Lausanne, Switzerland, Pix4D, technology pioneer and market leader in industrial photogrammetry software solutions, announces that it is starting a joint innovation project with SAP® to open up the market for drone-based, digital 3D inspections for telecommunications companies. SAP, a global leader in ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software, has included Pix4D …

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Authorities are probing the disappearance of hot springs in Mashyuza cell

The news about the fading of the hot spring has been circulating on social media with some people blaming cement producer -CIMERWA for triggering the degradation while using detonators to extract stones. Institutions in charge of Water Resources, Disaster Management, Environment Protection and Mining are probing the disappearance of hot …

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