East African Mining News Unearthing Mining Opportunities in East Africa

As mines push for tighter cost control and improved blast outcomes in constrained environments, AECI has positioned SmartShot Nano as a solution to one of the industry’s quieter productivity gaps: small-pattern blasting. Unveiled at Investing in African Mining Indaba 2026, the compact electronic initiation system is designed specifically for development …

After years of cautious adoption, mining electrification is entering a decisive acceleration phase and ABB believes the industry has crossed a critical maturity threshold. With validated deployments and significantly reduced risk, the company expects electrified ore handling to grow exponentially over the next five years far more aggressively than in …

At Mining Indaba 2026, Ecobank Sierra Leone and Sierra Rutile Limited (SRL) unveiled a $40 million financing deal to relocate the Kwale Mineral Sands Processing Plant from Kenya to Sierra Leone, marking a new era of intra-African industrial cooperation. The move, anchored in the Sembehun Project, extends Sierra Rutile’s mine …