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i.safe MOBILE is launching the IS880.2, its latest smartphone for Zone 2/22, at the end of October 2024. The lightweight 4G LTE smartphone offer industrial customers a wide range of user-friendly features for use in ATEX zone 2/22. The robust and high-performance smartphone is equipped with a PTT/MCPTT-optimised chipset and comes …

Uganda minister of energy and mineral development Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu says the East African nation is poised to become one of the great new energy frontiers on the continent. Minister Nankabirwa will deliver her keynote presentation on the upstream oil and gas opportunities that the dynamic East African nation offers …

Graphite producer and battery materials developer Volt Resources Limited’s latest update on Bunyu Graphite Project in Tanzania indicates progress. Tanzania’s Ministry of Minerals has sent the company draft shareholders’ agreement and framework agreement to start negotiations of these agreements. And the company has responded to the letter and is working …

Glencore cemented its commitment to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at the recent DRC Mining Week, a pivotal conference shaping the future of the country’s mining sector. The company participated in discussions around “Prioritising sustainable mining operations and local transformation in the DRC,” a theme reflecting growing industry concerns …

A glimmer of hope has sprouted in the Lualaba province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mutanda Mining, a Glencore group company partnered with the DRC government and Equity-BCDC have joined forces to launch ProAc, an ambitious project aimed at empowering communities and fostering a thriving agri-food sector. This initiative …

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 …