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London-listed Petra Diamonds launched its Artisanal Small-scale Mining (ASM) initiative in the Free State. The launch follows a process of consultation and cooperating with relevant stakeholders, including the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, the Letsemeng local municipality, and the community of Koffiefontein itself. During the project, the aim was …

Paladin Energy Ltd.’s pre-feasibility study (PFS) for the resumption of the Langer Heinrich uranium mine has provided enhanced economics and potential for capacity expansion at the Namibian mine. The study has confirmed that $80-million in capital will be required to support a 5.2 million pound a year operation. The Namibian …

Namibia Critical Metals have professed ignorance regarding material change in the operations of the company that could account for the 80% jump in its share price. According to market reports October 29 was a positive day for Namibia Critical Metals Inc. (NMI: CA) as its stock ended the day 80% …

Canada-based international gold mining company Dundee Precious Metals (DPM) has invested C$10-million in Ecuador-focused INV Metals, which is advancing the Loma Larga project. DPM’s investment, which formed part of a C$15.6-million private placement at C$0.40 a share, has turned the company into a strategic shareholder in INV, representing a 19.5% …

MineHub is convinced that having Kimura Capital LLP as one of its participants in their consortium is strategic as they are leaders in the finance industry, an industry MineHub believe is key to their growth and that of its stakeholders. The company recently announced this development through a press statement …

Russian companies have offered African countries solutions based on the internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) to boost mining production. The offers follow the realisation that traditional means are becoming increasingly expensive, with productivity falling due to technical maintenance costs, unreliable equipment, reactive troubleshooting, a lower equipment utilisation …

Deep Yellow Limited has announced that it has increased the tempo of the work programme at its Reptile Project in Namibia. The uranium miner announced recently that the acceleration programme is to determine the economic feasibility of the Tumas channel uranium deposits and this has led to contracting of two …

Paladin Energy Ltd’s pre-feasibility study (PFS) for the resumption of the Langer Heinrich uranium mine has provided enhanced economics and potential for capacity expansion at the Namibian mine. The study has confirmed that $80-million in capital will be required to support a 5.2-million-pound-a-year operation. The Namibian mine look set to …

Diamond Fields Resources (DFR) has confirmed that its second stage of the ML111 Namibian mining plan will no longer continue this year, citing the need for further exploration and development work in order to improve mining performance. Following completion of the initial stage of DFR’s current ML111 mining campaign, the …

Social transitioning is a vital aspect of mine closure that can no longer be ignored. This was the clear message from the 13th International Conference on Mine Closure in Perth earlier last month. SRK is an independent, global network of consulting practices in over 45 countries on six continents. Its …