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Miners find 500-year-old shipwreck filled with gold coins in Namibian desert

The haul is believed to be one of the most significant archaeological finds ever in Namibia Dieter Noli The wreckage of a 500-year-old Portuguese ship filled with gold coins has been unearthed by miners in a Namibian desert. The haul was discovered by diggers from diamond company De Beers and …

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Namibian uranium miner offers to sell water desalination plant to govt for $200m

Namibian uranium miner Areva Resources Namibia has offered to sell its private 26-million cubic metres water plant to the Namibian government for $200-million (N$3.1-billion) to mitigate a nationwide water crisis that has hit cities and the mining industry hard. Areva Resources Namibian MD Hilifa Mbako told journalists that the company …

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Vacuum solutions provider assists diamond industry

Heavy-duty industrial vacuum systems designer, manufacturer and supplier Hencon Vacuum Technologies is testing a dual-vacuum unit at diamond miner Petra Diamonds’ Cullinan mine, in Gauteng. The Honeydew-based company is conducting tests on its dual-vacuum system in combination with JSE-listed drilling solutions provider Master Drilling’s new horizontal raiseboring machine. “We have …

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