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Hytec South Africa has developed a new app that simplifies the inspection and servicing reporting processes for its customers. The ‘Smart Inspection” app enables inspection and service reports for hydraulic systems to be completed via cell phone or tablet and emailed to the relevant Maintenance or Section Engineer in real …

Base Titanium, an Australian mining business, is optimistic that it will be able to continue mining in the country once the present mine life expires in October next year. It hopes to expand its operations along the Kenyan coast’s south and north by obtaining prospecting and mining licenses from the …

Nearly 77,470 rural households in south Rwanda will be electrified thanks to loans and grants from the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group. The funds will be used to help Rwanda achieve universal electrification by 2024 through a project called Transmission System Reinforcement and Last Mile Connectivity, according to the AfDB. …

Following the most recent drilling in the Lihranda corridor at Isulu, large-scale gold mining in Western Kenya could begin next year. Additional visible gold has been identified in seven unique intersections, according to Shanta Gold, the company doing the exploration. The gold explorer said the results were reached after a …

Years of innovation and experience in the underground space have now positioned BME – part of the JSE-listed Omnia Group – as an important player in mines where low-profile, bord-and-pillar mining methods are employed. As a blasting and explosives leader in the opencast mining sector for decades, BME has steadily …

Hexagon’s Mining division has partnered with Fatigue Science, a leader in fatigue and performance predictive analytics and fatigue management information systems. Combined with its real-time operator alertness and collision avoidance solutions, Hexagon will now be able to help customers further protect and optimize their people and equipment with Fatigue Science’s …

While an increase in commodity prices is good news for mining companies and investors, there is always the risk that favourable market conditions will lead to resource nationalism. For example, according to a recent Fitch Solutions report on nickel, an upward trend in the metal’s price raises the likelihood of …

Tanzanian-based company Nitro Explosives with over 17 years of dealing in commercial explosives  has erected an Emulsion Plant at Mavuji (Lidi Region) ready to manufacture in mid-June 2021 and supply Tanzania and neighboring countries using bulk tankers and MMU’s. Nitro Explosives takes safety seriously and works in abidance with all …

Condition monitoring specialists, WearCheck, recently launched a quick, cost-effective viscosity test kit known as the WearCheck Rheo-stick. Technical manager for WearCheck Steven Lumley, elaborates, ‘It is important to know the viscosity (thickness) of a lubricant because this determines its film strength and its efficiency in preventing friction between moving parts. …

The Ministry of Minerals is concentrating on improving revenue collection to boost the mining sector’s contribution to GDP. Revenue collection is one of several key priority areas that will get a boost in the fiscal year 2021/22. Minister for Minerals, Dr Dotto Biteko, presented his ministry’s budget estimates, saying the …