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De Beers group subsidiary International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research (IIDGR) has announced plans to launch two of its diamond education courses in simplified Chinese. The development is expected to help students in one of the largest and fastest growing markets for diamond jewellery to enhance their knowledge of …

JSE-listed engineering and construction group Murray & Roberts has started shifting its attention from Eskom’s two mega-scale power station projects – Limpopo and Mpumalanga respectively, to tackling a range of smaller opportunities in various industrial and resources sectors. The company’s subsidiary Power & Water’s chief executive officer Steve Harrison says …

Tanzania has granted OreCorp’s Nyanzaga gold project, in the Lake Victoria Goldfields an environmental certificate. The mineral exploration company said the certificate, which is a culmination of over 18 month’s work by the company, stakeholders and in-country consultants. In addition, the certificate is an essential component for the grant of …

Despite full year gold production of 767,883 ounces at all-in sustaining costs (AISC) of US$875 per ounce, Acacia Mining has post net loss of US$707 million. Peter Geleta, the company’s Chief Executive Officer remains optimistic , though the books are in the red. “We delivered resilient operational performance during a …

Up-skilling workforce through useful training courses is one of the long-recognised ways to ensure productivity remains elevated. WearCheck says the reliability solutions arena is a prime example of how well-trained workers can have a positive impact on an industrial operation by maximising the investment in a good condition monitoring programme. …

Online-Electrical and ElectroMechanica (EM) continues to cement their bilateral relationship, as the latter strives to lead the market. Joey Gaskell, Online-Electrical Managing Director said EM’s ‘win-win’ mentality for end-user clients, its product distributors, and the company itself, makes it the ‘go to’ partner for the supply of sophisticated electronics and …

The process and product temperature is a very important physical indicator within almost every industrial manufacturing process. This applies to the solar industry, too. Instrotech is offering Optris infrared cameras, used for industrial services, to achieve higher importance within the solar industry due to new developments within the area of …

Tanzanian-focused flake graphite development company Volt Resources Limited has lodged its Mining Licence Applications (MLAs) its flagship Bunyu Graphite Project. According to the company, the MLA’s cover both the stage 1 development, where an estimated 400,000tpa of ore will be processed producing a nominal 20,000tpa of graphite products, and the …

As cost saving trends surge in the mining industry, mines’ demand for pumps and pressure cleaners is expected to rise. “We expect similar interest from Africa, where we know less sophisticated equipment is available,” said Warwick Lorenz, Aussie Pumps Managing Director highlighting that the company is negotiating the licensed manufacture …

TAKRAF Group’s subsidiary TAKRAF Africa recently showcased advanced range of Tenova air environmental technologies at various client symposium in South America. The events were held in three cities – Lima (Peru), Santiago (Chile) and Belo Horizonte (Brazil) and were entitled “A Focus on Productivity”, with a specific focus on technologies, …