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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 …

While acknowledging receipt of the certificate from SGS (formerly Société Générale de Surveillance (French for General Society of Surveillance), Base Titanium General Manager Operation, Denham Vickers, said the certification demonstrates the Company’s commitment towards “continuous improvement and responsibility to reduce environmental footprint, by adopting an effective environmental management system in …

A one-year study of two Tanzanian gold mining towns indicated that mineworkers faced a fatality risk more than twice that of non-miner community members, with the majority of this elevated risk due to road traffic injuries. The findings will be published in the new open-access journal PLOS Global Public Health …

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 …

Norway-based gold exploration company, Akobo Minerals will soon be working with a total of three core drilling rigs in the field, including one company owned drill rig. The company is currently doing exploration and small-scale mine development in the Gambela region and Dima Woreda, southwest Ethiopia. The additional drill rig …

Edenville has been focused on preparing the site to satisfy the projected demand for Rukwa coal since the Company’s £2.475 million capital raising closed at the end of May 2021. This activity largely focused on pre-strip overburden, with 13,000 tonnes of material removed in September 2021. This has also allowed …

To boost production and accelerate recovery from the Covid-19 impacts, small-scale mining companies have begun the process of merging their operations into collective investment groups. The Covid-9 epidemic wreaked havoc on the mining industry. According to Narcisse Dushimimana, the Head of Mining Regulation and Inspection Department at Rwanda Mines, Petroleum …

2020 was a remarkable year for the global mining industry. The impact of the covid-19 pandemic was felt early and hard by the global mining industry through shutdowns of mines, ports and rail and other transportation infrastructure, with shipments stranded at sea or caught in port and with inconsistent restrictions …

Despite improvements in Uganda’s natural resource administration, the country’s nascent oil and gas sector, as well as mining, are still classed as weak, with expanding gaps between rules and practice, which might stymie the country’s effort for openness, according to a new index. Uganda got 49 points in the petroleum …

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 …