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Orano Mining Namibia has allayed recent media reports suggesting the company has deliberately switched off water supply to Erongo Region. The company has emphasized that the Erongo Desalination Plant (EDP) was originally built to supply water for Orano’s Trekkopje mine near Arandis, currently still in care and maintenance as a …

The current Covid19-related economic challenges both locally and throughout the Africa starkly highlight the need for pan-African companies and governments to support African supply chains, and in so doing, to boost economic activity on the continent. This can be achieved by procuring the production of goods and services for infrastructure …

Inconsistent water supplies from Orano Desalination Plant are causing distress to mining companies in Namibia. Swakop Uranium Mine says it has lost N$1,9 billion over the past two years because of a French state-owned nuclear company’s inconsistent water supply. This mine is not the only one complaining. Rössing Uranium is …

The COVID-19 outbreak presents significant challenges and is likely to have a materially negative impact on the global economy, in our view. We believe commodity prices could fall closer to trough levels in the near term and make significant cuts to mining companies’ earnings forecasts. We believe negative earnings momentum …

Mining software solutions provider MICROMINE has launched a new pay-as-you-go subscription model for African clients to keep pace with industry need. The Australian-headquartered company, with a regional office based in Johannesburg, offers software solutions that span the mining lifecycle – from geological exploration and data management to resource estimation, 3D …

As part of its continuous development of digital solutions, blasting leader BME has further enhanced its BLASTMAP™ blast planning tool with an added burden relief timing module. “As an enabling tool for our well-accepted AXXIS™ electronic initiation system, BLASTMAP™ now has a powerful burden relief feature that gives the blaster …

The German manufacturer of heavy machinery for mining, tunnelling and civil engineering, GHH has unveiled a new dump truck, the New MK-42. According to the company, through a press statement, the dump truck consists a payload of up to 45 tonnes, which is not only one of the largest of …

Even in these uncertain times, traditional diamond producers remain confident about future demand. Despite the current COVID-19 outbreak, on Friday (27th March), Anglo American announced that production will continue across several African diamond assets with considerably reduced employee numbers. Individual mines will continue operating with only 50% of workers remaining. …

The Minerals Council of South Africa believes that mining could be critical and particularly effective in helping to boost economic recovery after the country emerges from the COVID-19 crisis. It is evident that to tackle the effects of the current situation, South Africa will be required to pass a set …

Vedanta Zinc International has suspended operations at its Skorpion Zinc Mine. Vedanta, a unit of diversified miner Vedanta Resources, said the decision to place Skorpion Zinc on care and maintenance, was inspired by failures that have paralysed a significant portion of the open-cast mine. According to the company, the failures, …