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Exclusive interview with Mr Cyril Azobu, PwC Nigeria’s Mining Sector Leader...
1) Let’s start with some background on PwC in Nigeria, the organisation’s work in the mining sector and your role at the organisation? PwC has been operating in Nigeria since 1953 through its...
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Federal-Mogul extends popular FP Diesel ML7 gaskets range
Federal-Mogul Motorparts’ range will be extended to include replacement gaskets for popular commercial diesel engines used in mining, construction and other demanding applications, such as...
View ArticleMkango’s Songwe Hill Phalombe licence renewed until January 2019
South East Malawi - Mkango's flagship project, the Songwe Hill rare earth project, for which an updated pre-feasibility study was completed in November 2015, is located in the Phalombe licence, as...
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Botswana Diamonds commences drilling in Gope and Orapa region
Botswana – At prospecting licence PL 135, junior explorer Botswana Diamonds and its 50/50 joint venture (JV) partner Alrosa have started a first phase four core hole drilling programme. “The Gope drill...
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It all comes together: Leveraging the connected mine
This is a revealing and surprising statistic that emerged during a recent presentation with one of our technology partners. By Rockwell Automation MD, Barry Elliott There’s a feeling, or perhaps...
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Integrated Pump Technology acquires the ELGi compressed air agency
Integrated Pump Technology notes that ELGi Equipments, India’s largest manufacturer of air compressors and associated equipment, was founded in 1960 and is listed on the National Stock Exchange of...
View ArticlePlatinum Group Metals announces positive results of PFS for Waterberg project
South Africa – The project was completed by South Africa based engineering firm WorleyParsons RSA, trading as Advisian. Platinum Group Metals holds a 58.62% effective interest in the Waterberg project...
View ArticleKefi Minerals advances discussions with Ethiopian government
Ethiopia – Following a grant of a mining licence in April 2015, AIM-listed gold exploration and development company Kefi Minerals is rapidly progressing its Tulu Kapi gold project in Western Ethiopia...
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Weir Minerals Africa provides fit-for-purpose crushing equipment for quarries
Industrial equipment supplier Weir Minerals Africa believes that by partnering with quarries from design stage right through to decommissioning ensures that they get the lowest cost per ton of quality...
View ArticleGiving investors confidence in project reporting when market turns
High levels of investor trust in the resource and reserve figures and value forecasts for exploration and pre-development mining projects he says. Speaking at SRK’s 3600 Mining Perspectives seminar in...
View ArticleFinnish company secures funding to develop AMD solution in SA
The Finnish mining waste water and hazardous industrial waste treatment specialist was granted funding for its AMD solution in South Africa and the African region by the Finnish Funding Agency for...
View ArticleStellar Diamonds CPR report confirms 4 million carat recoverable resource
Sierra Leone - The CPR was completed by MPH Consulting on the project confirming it initial inferred recoverable resource of 4 million carats (+1.18 mm) and endorsing the mine plan for the project as...
View ArticleHigher tin prices forecast for 2017 – 2020
It also predicts that prices will increase gradually to average $22 000/t by 2020 as the global tin market posts sustained market deficits and inventories dwindle. Short-term outlook (three-to-six...
View ArticleKibo Mining receives final commercial bids for Mbeya
Tanzania – Kibo Mining received the final bids for the EPC contract and OEM from major international, China-based SEPCO III and multinational conglomerate General Electric International (GE) contract...
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Mogalakwena Dust-A-Side Skills Development Academy
Discussions on a training academy between Dust-A-Side and Anglo American Platinum’s (Amplats) Mogalakwena mine began in 2013. After detailed negotiations between the two parties the dream was realised...
View ArticleCardinal Resources confirms 4 Moz maiden gold resource at Namdini
Ghana – Despite the large maiden resource, Cardinal Resources believes that significant scope remains to expand the resource with further drilling as the deposit remains open at depth and along strike....
View ArticleEndeavour Mining announces maiden mineral resource for discoveries at Ity mine
Cote d’Ivoire – The company has also announced the identification of several new high-priority near-mill exploration targets following the completion of its Auger drilling programme. The Bakatouo and...
View ArticleWhat Trump in the White House means for the South African mining industry
America woke up on the morning of 9 November 2016 to the reality that Donald Trump will be its next President. In the wake of this, world markets instantaneously reflected the uncertainty that...
View ArticleGraphex Mining granted mining licence for Chilalo
Tanzania - The granting of the mining licence is a key approval required for the development of Chilalo and satisfies an important requirement in the negotiation of agreements for offtake and financing...
View ArticleGold price expectations down in 2017 post election of Trump as US president
It now forecasts an average of USD$1 300/oz in 2017 compared to its previous forecast $1 400/oz. Looking further ahead, rising inflation pressures will drive a rebound in gold prices and BMI has left...
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