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A sigh of relief has echoed across Tanzania’s mining industry with the inauguration of a transformative facility in Mwanza. This multipurpose marvel, spearheaded by screening solutions provider Sandvik Rock Processing, promises to streamline screening services and expedite mining operations. Traditionally, Tanzanian miners faced a frustrating bottleneck – a lack of …

With Africa holding 30 percent of the world’s mineral reserves, the industry is poised for further investment as operations scale across the continent, notably in Southern and central Africa. Bata Industrials South Africa, a South African-based safety shoe manufacturer, believes in the need to begin with the basics of a …

Manganese mining company, Marula Mining, is celebrating a significant victory after their Kenyan subsidiary was awarded a Mineral Dealer’s Trading License. This license, granted under Kenya’s Mining Act No. 12 of 2016, unlocks a wealth of opportunities for Marula, allowing them to buy, sell, and export manganese ores. The news …

The Sunward Group, one of the top 50 construction equipment manufacturers in the world (being ranked 37th in the KHL Yellow Table 2023), offering world-class piling machines, drilling rigs, aerial work platforms, skid-steer loaders, crawler and wheeled cranes, mobile crushing stations, plus a complete range of (1t-95t) excavators has announced …

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and China Molybdenum Co. (CMOC), the world’s leading producer of molybdenum and a major player in cobalt, have inked a significant agreement to boost Congolese participation in the Tenke Fungurume Mining (TFM) project, the second-largest cobalt mine globally. This move comes after collaborative efforts …

The Congolese Regulatory Authority for Subcontracting in the Private Sector (ARSP) has announced a new agreement with China’s CMOC Group, the majority shareholder at the world’s second largest cobalt mine, Tenke Fungurume Mining (TFM), to ensure more Congolese participation in the value chain of the project. ARSP and CMOC Group, …

Africa, a continent blessed with sunshine and wind in abundance, is grappling with a persistent energy crisis. Millions live in darkness, and economic growth sputters due to unreliable power supplies. But a new report by Boston University suggests a potential gamechanger: China. “China has a unique opportunity to spearhead an …

Jordi Vila, currently Nissan Divisional Vice President Marketing and Sales Europe is appointed as President Nissan Africa, as DVP. Joni Paiva, currently Nissan Africa President & India Sales & Marketing DVP will return to the Renault group. Vila is a 30-year Nissan veteran with extensive experience sales and marketing in …

With sustainability discussion topping most agenda in different sectors, another international mining forum is expected to discuss sustainable transformation of the raw materials in the mining sector. Slated for the 6th and 7th of June, the 17th Mining Forum in Berlin is expected to bring together experts, managers and decision-makers …

In a story that highlights South African engineering prowess under pressure, Trafo Power Solutions has emerged as the unlikely hero for a copper-zinc mine expansion in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Trafo, a specialist in dry-type transformer applications, has been contracted to supply three mini-substations and two transformers – …