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Exploration and mining company Societe Miniere de Bisunzu (SMB) runs this coltan mine, near the town of Rubaya, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Coltan – short for...
Emerging natural gas and helium producer Renergen reports that drilling at its Virginia gas project, in the Free State, is on schedule and is making good progress. The project’s drilling...
A dump truck enters the portal to the underground mine at the Kirkland Lake Gold-linked Fosterville Gold Mine in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. Production in the goldfields of Victoria state has...
A picture of the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, is displayed at the Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo, Norway. On October 11, Abiy was honoured for his “efforts to...
In her first major address as head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva painted a downbeat picture of the world economy and said a more severe slowdown could require...
World weather is changing in a way that is revealing Nature’s power, attendees of the Tenth Oppenheimer Research Conference heard this month, when former mining luminary Nicky Oppenheimer...
In her first major address as head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva painted a downbeat picture of the world economy and said a more severe slowdown could require...
A train loaded with coal is motionless on the tracks inside the Black Mountain mining complex in Kentucky of bankrupt mining company BlackJewel. The US Department of Labour last week allocated...
Global climate-conscious investors tat oversee $35-trillion have teamed up together under the Climate Action 100+ banner to put pressure on companies to recalibrate their businesses to the Paris...
END OF AN ERA: De Beers’ Venetia opencast mine will reach the end if its life in 2021. First mined in 1990, the opencast mine has a surface area of 17.7 ha and produces about 4.5-million carats a...
A view of Sandton's business district, and beyond, from the top of The Leonardo, Africa’s tallest building, standing at 234 m. To date, some R3-billion has been invested in the 56-storey multi-use...
Coal mining and exploration company Canyon Coal has extended its Philanndwa Colliery’s life of mine to 2027 through the opening of the Philanndwa Colliery Extension Project, which celebrated its...
The world's biggest crane started work earlier this month at Electricite de France’s (EDF’s) Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, in Somerset, in the UK. Named 'Big Carl' after Carl Sarens, the...
The Tshipi Borwa opencast manganese mine, with integrated ore processing plant, is said to be the largest manganese mine in South Africa and one of the five largest globally, with a long–life...
The 2019 Rugby World Cup kicks off in Japan today, September 20, and will conclude on November 2, hopefully with the Springboks bringing home the trophy. The final will be held at the Nissan...
Part of the Black Mountain coal mining complex, formerly owned by now-bankrupt mining company BlackJewel, in Cumberland, Kentucky, US. Blackjewel and its affiliates had coal operations in Kentucky,...
Chinese President Xi Jinping will, on October 1, deliver a major speech to mark 70 years since the official founding of the People’s Republic of China. The speech will be accompanied by a national...
Chilean president Sebastian Pinera cut the ribbon at the inauguration of the Chuquicamata underground mine of Codelco, at Antofagasta, Chile, last month. After 104 years of opencast mining, the...
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula, pictured above, launched the revised taxi recapitalisation programme (TRSA) last month at Elandsfontein-based scrapping company Anthus Service 84, which is owned...
Canadian fertiliser company Nutrien last month gave a rare tour of its underground Cory potash, which is located some 20 km west of Saskatoon. Production of red potash resumed in January following...
South American airline group Latam Airlines showcased the newest addition to its fleet – an Airbus A350 XWB – which will operate between Johannesburg, South Africa, and Sao Paulo, Brazil. The...
Twelve years after applying for a mining right, Sepfluor opened the R1.7-billion Nokeng Fluorspar mine and concentrator plant, which will ramp up to full commercial-scale production by the end of...
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa has set up a ‘war room’ in a bid to improve Metrorail’s notoriously unreliably and increasingly unsafe service. The war room, which is based in...
IMPLATS HYDROGEN FUELLING STATION: Platinum group metals mining, refining and marketing company Impala Platinum (Implats) has a hydrogen refuelling station at its refinery in Springs, which is used...
A man holding an umbrella looks down on demonstrators participating in a financial workers' 'flash mob' protest at Chater Garden in the Central district of Hong Kong, China, earlier this month....
A view of the now-operating Chinese-owned Mirador mining project in Tundayme, southern Ecuador, where output began last month. This is an outcome of President Lenin Moreno’s effort to boost the...
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan speaking to Eskom Chairperson Jabu Mabuza at the State-owned utility’s results presentation at Megawatt Park last week. Mabuza, who will play the joint...
Residents, mining companies and the state government have for long been tussling over the effect on people’s health of the red dust generated by the transfer of iron-ore at Port Hedland, in...
The automotive industry remains one of the few industrial-strategy bright spots, with original equipment manufacturers continuing to invest in domestic production. Last month, Ford Motor Company of...
Johnny Clegg, who died this month at the age of 66, was one of those exceptional South Africans who was able to breakdown barriers, while simultaneously building a prototype for a new way of living...
Employees assemble a mining vehicle at Arva Industries’ heavy machinery manufacturing factory in St Thomas, Ontario, Canada, ahead of Statistics Canada last month reporting a 0.8%. overall April...
Fifty years ago on July 20, 1969, American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the fist human beings to leave their footprints on the lunar surface, while fellow astronaut Michael...
Hundreds of climate-change protestors, dissatisfied with Germany’s timeframe of becoming carbon neutral by 2050, last month stormed into the pit of the Garzweiler opencast brown coal lignite mine...
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