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Boddington Mine hauls 100 million tonnes using Cat® MineStar™ Command

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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Mining Indaba 2023 set to focus on African minerals critical for a greener future

Focusing on the ways Africa can optimise the opportunity to increase the supply of green metals for global energy demands while creating meaningful value for communities will be the emphasis of  Investing in African Mining Indaba 2023 which takes place at the CTICC, Cape Town, 6 – 9 February 2023. …

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QUALITY COUNTS AT WEARCHECK

November is World Quality Month – an annual celebration embraced by WearCheck with open arms, as it reinforces the condition monitoring company’s fundamental goal – the provision of world-class quality services. WearCheck’s quality administrator, Prinda Narasi, is behind the company’s ongoing commitment to achieving and upholding major quality goals. ‘At …

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Eskom CEO set for Mining Indaba stage

Investing in African Mining Indaba, the world’s largest gathering of the most influential stakeholders in the African mining industry, is gearing up to again deliver a record-breaking event that will facilitate greater investment into African mining. The organisers have confirmed that for the first time, André Marinus de Ruyter, CEO …

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Africa’s Moment: Becoming a global economic powerhouse

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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Lucara Announces Extended Diamond Sales Agreement with HB

Canadian company, Lucara Diamond Corp. has entered into an extended diamond sales agreement with Lucara Botswana (Proprietary) Ltd, and HB Trading BV, for the purpose of selling +10.8 carat rough diamonds produced from Lucara’s Karowe mine until 31 December 2032. Lucara first partnered with HB in 2020 to sell Karowe’s …

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Orange network targeting mining industry and ports in Botswana

Orange is exploring the development of 5G use cases for enterprise customers in Africa with a particular focus on the mining industry and ports. Orange believes that the network of 5G labs, which the Group is opening in key locations in the MEA region, is a strong differentiator for Orange …

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Growing Rights Focus in Due Diligence for Lenders

By: Vassie Maharaj and Dr Vidette Bester- SRK Consulting   After more than a decade since the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights was ratified, the impact of mining and other industrial projects on human rights has become a centre-stage risk for financial institutions. Beyond a general …

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Botswana seeking to secure funding partners for a $2.5 billion plant to produce synthetic fuels from coal

Botswana is seeking to secure funding partners for a $2.5 billion plant to produce synthetic fuels from coal, a plan rekindled by the energy crisis playing out in Europe, according to its energy minister. The southern African nation has for nearly a decade discussed tapping its extensive coal resources to …

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Botswana Diamonds sparkles after regulators approve Thorny River purchase

Shares in Botswana Diamonds PLC (AIM:BOD) have a bit of a sparkle about them after its proposed acquisition of a key project in South Africa received regulatory approval. The company announced in September that it planned to buy Vutomi which has the mineral rights to the Thorny River diamond project. …

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