The sole year-round source of high-quality drinking water accessible to farmers is being defended by the Stampriet Aquifer Uranium Mining (SAUM) steering committee. The committee has started taking procedures to establish an independent committee to manage the SAUM business as a legal body while the nation waits for the environmental …
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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 …
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Last week, when world leaders convened in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum (WEF), the Namibian government reported on progress with Hyphen Hydrogen Energy, Namibia’s first large-scale vertically integrated green hydrogen project (Hyphen). The Namibian Government conceived the Tsau /Khaeb National Park Southern Corridor Development Initiative (SCDI) Hydrogen Project …
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Namibia’s finance minister said uranium miners are waiting for prices to recover before restarting projects in the continent’s largest producer of the ore, which is needed for nuclear power in a world moving away from fossil fuels. According to Finance Minister Ipumbu Shiimi, the semi-arid southwest African nation is investing …
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The Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) and Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) have confirmed a loan of about N$2.6 billion for TransNamib. According to DBN, the loan will be used for remanufacturing of rolling stock, acquisition of new rolling stock, modernisation of the TransNamib Workshop, upgrading of signalling equipment, …
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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 …
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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 …
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The negative effects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict are still being felt across Africa’s economies. Higher oil and food prices are being added to by the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Since the beginning of the year, significant price increases and supply-side challenges have been the norm. Wheat and other …
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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 …
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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 …
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