Namibia’s state-owned railway company TransNamib plans to shift coal exports from Botswana off the road and onto rail by early this year, potentially doubling exports via Walvis Bay port, its CEO said. Land-locked Botswana has sought alternative routes to export its coal as disruption to South Africa’s railway lines impact …
Read More »Bigen – your one stop shop enabling profitable mining
The Bigen Group is a leading African infrastructure development company providing innovative and sustainable infrastructure and engineering solutions to shape a better future for Africa. The group provides a broad spectrum of socio-economic, financial, technical, environmental and institutional services and is a powerful change maker in the mining, agricultural, water …
Read More »SA looks to Botswana for energy solutions
Botswana wants South Africa to buy even more electricity from it after President Cyril Ramaphosa declared his plan to import electricity from neighbouring nations to supplement South Africa’s limited power supply. Given that electricity cannot be stored on any significant scale and that fluctuations can tax generators, Botswana Power Corporation …
Read More »Consulting engineering contribute to gender transformation in mining
Women working as consulting engineers and scientists are opening doors of opportunity in mining, breaking down discriminatory attitudes and creating role models for the future. According to Vis Reddy, Managing Director of SRK Consulting, the consulting engineering sector has been an important contributor to gender transformation in mining. “The growing …
Read More »Hexagon introduces 3D camera
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 …
Read More »Ultra compact infrared camera for the metal industry now on offer
Instrotech is now offering OPTRIS PI 1M IR camera, especially suited to measuring the temperature of metals, as these exhibit a distinctly higher emissivity at the short measurement wavelength of 1μm than at measurements in the previously conventional wavelength range of 8 – 14 μm. According to the manufacturer, the …
Read More »Kibo to co-develop long duration energy storage in South Africa
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 …
Read More »Botswana also provides a favourable mining jurisdiction in which to operate, says Kavango Resources
Following his recent return from Botswana, where he conducted an extensive review of the company’s operations, Kavango Resources’ portfolio of projects presents encouraging exploration potential, while Botswana also provides a favourable mining jurisdiction in which to operate, says COO Brett Grist in an operational update to shareholders. “Botswana has a …
Read More »Our team is doing well despite new construction challenges: Sandfire
Sandfire MD and CEO Karl Simich has explained that their construction team at Motheo Copper mine in Botswana is doing well despite hardships that come with new construction projects. The Copper miner is on track to start the first production at its Motheo copper mine, in Botswana, in the first …
Read More »Galane Gold offloads Mupane mine, shifts focus to increasing production at Galaxy project
As part of the deal to offload its Mupane mine in Botswana to Hawks Mining Company Proprietary, Galane Gold will sell all of the issued and outstanding shares of Botswana subsidiaries, which own the Mupane Property and related claims that cover the entire prospective area of the Tati Greenstone Belt …
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