Walkabout Resources has reported near completion on construction at the Lindi Jumbo graphite mine in Tanzania. “The availability of capacity under our Senior Debt facility has enabled the project to make scope changes to further de-risk and potentially lower the cost of future operations. The near completion of construction means …
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Western Australia’s largest gold mine, Newmont Corporation’s Boddington Mine, recently surpassed the 100 million tonnes (110 million tons) milestone for material safely hauled using Cat® MineStar™ Command for hauling with the gold industry’s first autonomous haulage system (AHS) fleet. Boddington, a deep open pit surface mine, delivered 19.7 million grams …
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Walkabout Resources has passed an independent environmental audit for Lindi Jumbo Graphite Mine in Tanzania, the first to take place since the commencement of construction activities. The development is in compliance with Regulation 50 of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) & Audit Regulations, Walkabout Resources commissioned NAK Limited to conduct …
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Kenya’s startup ecosystem has shown impressive growth over the years, obtaining both 2.1 points in the StartupBlink ecosystem index and ranking as the third-leading African country for startups after South Africa and Nigeria. These achievements have coincided with significant investment flows into areas such as Nairobi, with efforts now underway to uplift …
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By Ali Gulamhussein, Plasco CEO In 2015 CPS Live Ltd, a real estate developer launched Fumba Town, a modern African town in Zanzibar, the island that lies some 30km (just over 16 nautical miles) off the Tanzanian mainland. Fumba Town consists of 3,000 housing units, commercial, retail, hospitality, and medical …
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How youth and natural resources can drive the continent’s global economic and social leadership now Celebrating Heritage Month includes introspection of what we have achieved, and where we can take our countries and continent to, as African people. Africa is facing a turning-point opportunity to become a global economic powerhouse. …
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A group of 21 Tanzanian nationals on Wednesday filed a lawsuit in Canada alleging the world’s second-biggest gold miner, Barrick Gold, was complicit in extrajudicial killings by police guarding its North Mara mine. The plaintiffs in the claim, filed at the Superior Court of Justice in Ontario, include relatives of …
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According to Barrick Gold Corporation President and Chief Executive Mark Bristow, the achievement of the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 will not be met as long as the world’s key environmental and social challenges are dealt with separately. “The 17 SDGs are interconnected and a contribution …
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Five thousand diggers pack tightly together at the bottom of a crater in south eastern DR Congo, swinging hammers and picks to prise chunks of speckled blue-gold ore from the earth. In this scene of almost biblical toil, the prize is cobalt — a strategic metal found in abundance in …
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Specialised Exhibitions, a division of the Montgomery Group, has announced that Electra Mining Botswana will not be going ahead in 2023. A strategic review of the local Botswana mining and industrial show and the broader vision that Specialised Exhibitions has for the expansion of Electra Mining Africa has led the …
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East African Mining News Unearthing Mining Opportunities in East Africa
