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President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver a keynote address at the prestigious Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town on Monday, February 3rd, 2025. This high-profile event, renowned globally as the premier gathering for mining industry leaders, will convene under the theme “Future-proofing African Mining, Today!” – a poignant reminder …

In a move poised to revolutionize affordable housing in Namibia, Telecom Namibia and the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) have joined forces to launch a groundbreaking smart housing project. The partnership, formalized in a signing ceremony this week, aims to leverage digital solutions to address the nation’s housing challenges and create …

Trigon Metals Inc. has encountered a significant operational challenge at its Kombat Mine in Namibia. Early on January 16, 2025, both of the mine’s primary dewatering pumps suffered critical failures, forcing the company to suspend underground mining operations. The company anticipates that this double pump failure will likely lead to …

TAKRAF Group (‘TAKRAF’) is pleased to announce the award to engineer and supply the conveying system (CV-8001, CV-8002 and CV-8003) for Minera Collahuasi’s Ujina growth project in Chile. The main objective of the Ujina growth project is to increase the capacity of the concentrator plant. The Collahuasi mine is located …

Barloworld Equipment, a leading provider of integrated equipment solutions, is set to make a significant presence at the Investing in African Mining Indaba 2025, taking place from 3-6 February at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. As one of the largest exhibitors at this prestigious industry event, Barloworld Equipment will …

Trigon Metals Inc., a Toronto-based mining company, has shared encouraging results from its recent underground drilling efforts at Shaft 1 of the Kombat Mine in Namibia. The latest findings, conducted across Levels 1, 3, and 4, have extended the known mineralization in areas adjacent to historic workings, highlighting the potential …

By: Eugene Dube The mining sector is gearing up for a year of transformation in 2025. While setbacks in copper operations and Shell’s offshore oil exploration pose challenges, exciting advancements in gold exploration and rare earth production are sparking optimism. Mining remains one of the country’s most critical economic drivers, …

Metso and Dynamox have renewed collaboration agreement, with updated terms and conditions, for another two years. The initial agreement on the usage of Dynamox’s condition monitoring solution with Metso’s minerals processing technologies was announced in June 2022. Metso is investing heavily in digitalization to offer new data-driven services and actionable …

The In-Situ Recovery (ISR) method for the uranium mining proposed by Uranium One (Rosatom International Mining Division), to be employed in Omaheke region, Namibia, has proved its safety based on systematic observations around the globe. Leading international organisations, including the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), recognize ISR as the most …

Scientific oil analysis, transformer oil analysis, reliability services and water testing & analysis – these are some of the condition monitoring techniques on show at WearCheck’s stand at the 2025 Investing in Africa Mining Indaba in Cape Town’s ICC from 3 – 6 February this year. As a specialist condition …