Mining

Uganda mineral licensing system has moved online to enhance service delivery and boost data accuracy, Commissioner of Mines, Mrs Agnes Alaba Kuterema has said. The system will enable customers to submit applications online as well as undertake all other statutory business processes such as making payments, submitting...

A meeting between miners and Congolese president Joseph Kabila that sought to halt the signing of a controversial mining code failed to persuade such a move and now the law will be signed off the way it is, mining minister Martin Kabwelulu has said. Top mining...

Cyprus-based investment firm Karo Resources has inked a $4.2 billion deal to develop a platinum mine and refinery plant in Zimbabwe and indication that Zimbabwe mining sector is starting to look up after years of mismanagement. President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the move is an indicator that...

SEMAFO Inc. (TSX:SMF) (OMX:SMF) has announced that construction of the Boungou Mine in Burkina Faso is 87% complete, with first gold scheduled to be poured early in the third quarter of 2018. In a first step towards this milestone, the Corporation began commissioning activities on dry plant...

South African gold miners and workers have reached an out of court settlement in a case where the workers who contracted silicosis while working for the firms were seeking for compensation.  Silicosis is an incurable lung disease caused by inhaling dust from gold-bearing rocks.It causes shortness...

Gold miner B2Gold has inaugurated a major solar farm at its Otjikoto mine in Namibia in what energy minister Tom Alweendo calls "yet another significant contribution in the private sector’s drive for sustainable energy solutions." The 7MW Otjikoto Solar Farm will be one of the largest installations of its kind...

Cconstruction of the Bel Air Mine in Guinea has been completed and loading of its first shipment of high grade bauxite to China commenced, the financier of the project Africa Finance Corporation has said. The construction of the mine was completed on time, to budget. Steady...

Construction is underway for a major LPG import and storage facility in Richards Bay, north of Durban in South Africa, the firms behind the project have confirmed. South Africa’s Bidvest Tank Terminals (BTT), a unit of Bidvest Group, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) firm Petredec said...

The Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC) has the potential to become the world’s largest copper producer through the consistent application of clear and rational mining policy, an official from Standard Bank Group has said. Peter von Klemperer, the Head of Mining and Metals Standard Bank says that...

How can Côte d’Ivoire attract further foreign investment in the gold mining sector? JEFF QUARTERMAINE: The potential for new gold discoveries in C ô te d’Ivoire is very good. When coupled with government receptiveness to foreign investment, this augurs well for the growth of the local...