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The African manufacturing sector has seen fractured growth over the past two years thanks to the complexities of the pandemic and its subsequent economic disruption. This is due to limited resources, impacted supply chains and the limitations of lockdowns, globally. In South Africa, manufacturing production saw a sharp decline month …

Condition monitoring specialist company, WearCheck, has brought their sister company, Set Point Water Laboratories into the fold, adding a new division to WearCheck’s scientific testing structure. The water analysis company is now integrated fully into WearCheck, and forms yet another area of expertise along with WearCheck’s other services, which include …

Botswana is pursuing a number of green energy programs and projects as part of its efforts to transition from a resource-based economy to a knowledge-based one while also creating jobs. This was revealed by President Mokgweetsi Masisi during a keynote address at the Botswana World Economic Forum (WEF) post-analysis seminar …

Rosondof Midrand, a provider of drilling technology solutions, has named Clement Rikhotsoas as its new Operations Director. Clement first joined Rosond as a project consultant in 2019, assisting with the onboarding of 27 state-of-the-art drill rigs and crew at Anglo American’s Kumba Iron Ore’s Kolomela and Sishen mines in the …

The Hexagon’s Mining division has strengthened its leadership in production material monitoring and measurement by introducing HxGN MineMeasure Detect, a 3D camera hardware, software and data solution. MineMeasure Detect enables real-time optimization for plant production with automated digital-image analysis offering continuous, accurate and rapid measurement of oversize, volume, rock fragmentation …

Kibo Energy has entered into an exclusive agreement with Hasta Trust to jointly assess and develop a portfolio of long duration energy storage projects. With the projects held exclusively by National Broadband Solutions (NBS) in South Africa, which is 100 percent owned by Hasta, the initial target of c. 36,320 …

Electra Mining Africa, the continent’s biggest exhibition, is back after a two year hiatus due to restrictions. As exhibitions and events are now re-opening globally, Electra Mining Africa will be going ahead as a live in-person event this year. This comes on the backdrop of several other exhibitions, having taken …

President Mokgweetsi Masisi said on Tuesday that Botswana has been inundated with requests to supply coal to Europe, with estimates that demand from Western countries could reach a million tonnes per year, as the Ukraine conflict forces Europe to look to Africa for energy resources. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine …

The Wits Mining Institute (WMI) at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg will be hosting two courses in July 2022 with well-known excavation, load and haul expert Professor Zvi Borowitsh. The first course – on Mechanised Earthmoving in Mining: Equipment, Technology and Management – will run from 27 to …

As the transport industry is currently experiencing great change, which is being driven by several global trends, stakeholders will gather this week to dialogue on the industry’s latest trends. Some of these trends include technology and automation and Environment Social Governance (ESG). Scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, in Maputo, the …