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In response to the global commitment, including the Paris Agreement’s ambition to reduce carbon emissions and maintain global temperatures below 1.5° Celsius, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is developing the Regional Gas Masterplan to enable the utilization of the region’s abundant gas reserves and reduce its reliance on coal. …

Instrotech is now offering Kobold’s electronic unit ZOE, specifically designed for the calculation and display of flow rates and volume flow of flowmeters. The instrument use is applicable whether users have an external power supply or need a battery-powered device, and when a back-lit display is required (or not), the …

Geographical Information System (GIS) platforms are becoming the preferred platform for visualising and analysing mining data in multiple dimensions, making the Wits Mining Institute’s (WMI) upcoming GIS course a must-attend for mining professionals. Due to the high demand of the course at international level, this year the course – GIS …

Pix4D, the market leader in photogrammetry solutions, is pleased to announce the certification of the viDoc by Bureau Veritas. This official recognition confirms that the viDoc is accurate enough to be used in industry. The Bureau Veritas found the viDoc to have a margin of error of less than 5cm, …

The final hearing between the Namibian Ministry of Mines and Energy and TSX-V-listed Deep-South Resources has been scheduled for October 3 and 4. The High Court of Namibia ordered Deep-South subsidiary Haib Minerals to file its heads of argument (HoA) by September 12 while the Minister of Mines and other …

In response to an article that appeared in Fin 24 on June 15th of this year, Gwede Mantashe, the Minister of Mineral resources and Energy, warned of the use of illuminating paraffin (IP) to doctor diesel in an attempt to defraud the revenue services and increase profits. The following article …

Aim-listed Uis Tin Mining Company, a majority-owned subsidiary of AfriTin Mining, and the Development Bank of Namibia have signed a conditional, credit-approved term sheet for a financing facility to finance the Uis Phase 1 Stage II Continuous Improvement project in Namibia. There are N$100 million in the planned credit facility. …

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 …

The African manufacturing sector has seen fractured growth over the past two years thanks to the complexities of the pandemic and its subsequent economic disruption. This is due to limited resources, impacted supply chains and the limitations of lockdowns, globally. In South Africa, manufacturing production saw a sharp decline month …

The dredging of marine phosphate material inside mining license area ML170 has been approved by the Namibian Chamber of Environment (NCE). This follows a review of Namibia Marine Phosphates’ (NMP) newest scoping report and public consultation on the initial environmental impact assessment (EIA). NCE CEO Chris Brown stated yesterday that …