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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 …

Mineral commodity prices are rising around the world, which is excellent for Namibia’s mining industry and likely to boost government revenue from the extractive sector. Global commodity prices have risen sharply in recent weeks as economies throughout the world begin to recover from the disastrous effects of Covid-19. “It is …

Pix4D, the market leader in photogrammetry solutions, is attending the Intergeo 2021 conference to share its latest news and technological developments. This includes live demos of its terrestrial data collection hardware and software solution of PIX4Dcatch and the viDoc RTK rover for iPhone Pro and iPad Pro, as well as …

Scot Evans, CEO of Reconnaissance Energy Africa (ReconAfrica), has confirmed his attendance and participation in African Energy Week (AEW), which will be held in Cape Town from November 9th to 12th. Evans and Diana McQueen, Senior Vice-President Communications and Stakeholder Relations, will both be in Cape Town not just to …

De Beers, a diamond miner and retailer, and National Geographic have announced the beginning of Okavango Eternal, a partnership aimed at protecting the Okavango Delta’s source waters and the people and livelihoods that depend on them. DeBeers said in a press release that the five-year commitment is a critical inward …

Following the official handover held on the 18th and 19th of August at Damen Shipyards Mangalia, Debmarine Namibia’s new diamond recovery vessel, departed on a four-week long maiden voyage to the Port of Cape Town, South Africa, where it will be fitted with mission equipment before beginning operations off the …