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Manganese miner Marula Mining is ramping up operations at its Larisoro Mine in Kenya with the signing of a key logistics agreement with Scan Global Logistics (SGL) Group. This partnership marks a significant step forward for Marula, paving the way for the efficient export of manganese ore and the generation …

Mining Indaba has introduced its latest advisory board members, joining the key industry players in driving transformation within the mining sector. Dr. Marit Kitaw and Kwasi Ampofo are now part of the Mining Indaba 2025 advisory board and committee members. According to Mining Indaba, the committee members, with their diverse …

More is not always the right approach when it comes to using oil additives.  In many instances, blending more additive into the oil, does not result in improved performance. Sometimes, adding more additive actually causes the oil’s function to deteriorate.  In other cases, while the performance of the additive doesn’t …

Early automotive engines didn’t use any kind of filtration for the oil. It wasn’t until a patent was granted to Ernest Sweetland and George Greenhalgh in 1923 – for their product the “pure oil later” or “Purolator” – that you could buy an automobile with a full-pressure lubrication system. It …

Increasing the percentage of a certain additive may improve one property of an oil, while at the same time degrading another. When the specified concentrations of additives become unbalanced, overall oil quality can be affected. Some additives compete with each other for the same space on a metal surface. For …

By simply including an additive, an inferior base oil cannot be converted into a premium product. It is illogical to use poor-quality oil on a continuing basis, and attempt to overcome its poor lubricating qualities with some special additive. A far better approach is to determine the manufacturer’s recommendation as …

The Tanzanian government is making significant strides in enhancing the country’s energy sector by accelerating the activation of the second turbine at the Julius Nyerere Hydropower Plant (JNHPP). Despite facing challenges posed by overflowing water levels due to El Nino rains, the government remains committed to harnessing the potential of …

Australia’s Strandline Resources has agreed to sell its Tanzania mineral sands assets to a subsidiary of rare earths and mineral sands miner Shenghe Resources. Strandline will receive a total of $43-million, comprising A$27.2-million for the sale of Strandline’s shares in the Tanzania projects and A$15.8-million for the assignment to Shenghe …

The operations of AngloGold Ashanti remain conflict-free as of December 31, 2023, the gold miner states in its ‘Conflict-Free Gold Report 2023’ on May 31, emphasising that it extracts gold in a manner that does not fuel conflict. AngloGold follows guidelines of the World Gold Council’s Conflict-Free Gold Standard at …

Aim-listed Katoro Gold prioritised resource development at its Haneti project, in Tanzania, during the year ended December 31, 2023, owing to it being mindful of funding constraints. Early in the year, Katoro successfully raised £150 000 (gross), which was used for ongoing working capital and to conclude the project assessment …