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BW Energy has agreed to pay $14 million to Aquadrill for the semisub drilling rig Leo, which was built in 2021. The rig will be repurposed as a floating production unit for the Kudu gas-to-power project off the coast of Namibia, according to the company. In comparison to previous development …

Rooikoop is the region’s first ammonium nitrate emulsion (ANE) plant located outside of a mining property. The plant is strategically located approximately 25 kilometres from the Port of Walvis Bay and within a 5-kilometre radius of several quarries and mines. Because of the plant’s proximity to the port, it has …

Trigon Metals, based in Canada, announced that its Kombat copper mine in Namibia has reopened after a 14-year hiatus. Kombat is expected to produce 4,000 tonnes of copper concentrate in 2022, according to Trigon. By adding an underground mine in 2024, the company expects to produce 14,500t. Last year, Trigon …

Many African governments take a short-term, predatory approach to the sector, playing to populist rhetoric, rather than engaging it as a long-term developmental partner. Africa has the potential to be the continent of the future in the mining industry. However, if government’s approach mining companies in a predatory manner, this …

Namdeb, a joint venture between the Namibian government and diamond giant De Beers, announced on Thursday that a new long-term business plan had been approved, allowing the company to extend the life of its land-based mines by 20 years, to 2042. De Beers — which also mines diamonds offshore through …

Calle Schlettwein, the Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, believes that mining activities should no longer be permitted in areas that rely on groundwater resources. Schlettwein said the government should also hurry to stop possibly hazardous exploration and other mining activities currently taking place in regions that have been …

Rössing Uranium gave a considerable gift to a local NGO dedicated to vulture conservation in order to aid in the tracking of these enormous birds’ movements. “All six vulture species still present in Namibia are under threat from a multitude of causes, with poison being the number one killer,” Peter …

2020 was a remarkable year for the global mining industry. The impact of the covid-19 pandemic was felt early and hard by the global mining industry through shutdowns of mines, ports and rail and other transportation infrastructure, with shipments stranded at sea or caught in port and with inconsistent restrictions …

The owner of the Kombat mine in the Otjozondjupa region, Trigon Mining Namibia, has built a community garden in the Kombat settlement to employ 80 women and contribute to the community’s sustainability. After 14 years of closure due to a downturn in copper prices and a power outage that resulted …

Flexicon have introduced a new line of anti-slip access platforms to reach elevated process equipment safely, eliminating the need for ladders, scissor lifts and forklift cages. The modular system includes braced frames which can be bolted to the floor, 1220 mm square deck sections, and stairways with elevations up to …