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CRONIMET Mining Power Solutions GmbH’s solar power plant will supply Midgard Country Lodge with clean energy. The power plant a property owned and operated by Ohlthaver & List (O&L) Leisure in the heart of Namibia went into operations last December. The plant will not only reduce Midgard’s electricity costs significantly, …

Vedanta Zinc International subsidiary has delivered strong zinc production at Black Mountain in the Northern Cape and at Skorpion in Namibia in the last quarter of 2017. In addition, the company also reported that the $400-million Gamsberg zinc project was on track for first production in mid-2018. Black Mountain recorded …

TAKRAF Group’s subsidiary TAKRAF Africa recently showcased advanced range of Tenova air environmental technologies at various client symposium in South America. The events were held in three cities – Lima (Peru), Santiago (Chile) and Belo Horizonte (Brazil) and were entitled “A Focus on Productivity”, with a specific focus on technologies, …

Etango Project strongly progressed in the last quarter of 2017 buoyed by improved uranium market, Bannerman Resources the developer has said. “The December quarter yielded excellent improvements to the Etango Project’s projected economics with the Processing Optimisation Study confirming significant reductions in estimated capital costs and opportunities for operating cost …

Hungarian company, Ganz Engineering and Energetics Machinery (Ganz EEM) and its South African partner, energy solutions provider Blue World Power Energy and Resources recently signed a contract to supply hydro-electric equipment for the installation of a small scale hydro-electric power plant at Mpompomo Falls, near Barberton in Mpumalanga. Alexander Merten, …

If you decide to take a walk along a sandy beach, you will be walking on millions of particles of crystalline silica, one of the most common minerals and an important element in the glass and ceramic industry. While it exists in nature mainly as quartz, silica is also used …

Caterpillar has announced intentions to present its unmatched range of innovative technologies and services at Mining Indaba billed for February 5-8 in Cape Town, South Africa. With a focus on optimizing operations, whether surface or underground, large or small, Caterpillar and Cat® dealers are dedicated to working with mining companies …

Canadian zinc miner Trevali Mining expects to produce 140% more zinc, this year. This follows a transformational 2017 that saw it produce a record 177.4-million payable pounds of zinc. The 2017 output was boosted by the December quarter production from the newly acquired Perkoa mine, in Burkina Faso, and the …

AfriTin Mining has procured the entire front end crushing component for the processing circuit at the Uis tin mine currently under development in Namibia. Through its Namibian subsidiary, Dawnmin Africa Investments, AfriTin has procured the following equipment: A jaw crusher, three cone crushers, stacking and conveying equipment and the electrical …

Montero Mining and Exploration has completed assaying historical drilling results for Soris lithium project. The lithium-bearing mineralisation has been found to be continuous on surface, and also extends to depth. Dr Tony Harwood, Montero Chief Executive Officer said the company is already taking steps to define a potential resource at …