The 6th MOTA looks at the future of mining on the continent
The 6th Mining On Top Africa (MOTA) conference is being held from 12 to 13 July 2023 in Paris, France. After a five-year truce due to Covid-19, this new edition…
Concern that global EPCMs hinder Botswana mining growth
from ODIRILE TOTENG in Gaborone, Botswana Botswana Bureau GABORONE, (CAJ News) – A TREND by international engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) firms to setting up remote offices, with minimal…
Top Mining Leaders And Investors To Headline MOTA 2023 Featuring Africa’s Top Mining Investment Countries
The 6th Mining On Top Africa (MOTA) conference taking place at The Westin Paris – Vendome in the French capital on July 12th and 13th, 2023, is set to feature…
South Africa’s mining industry story of integration and success
By Kagiso Bonoko Globally renowned for its sheer abundance of minerals worthy of mining, South Africa (SA) has gone on to become an industrial hotspot for the world’s mining industry,…
Maximizing Sustainability in African Mining: Five Key Strategies
With the continent maximizing exploration and production of its vast extractive resources including critical minerals such as lithium and cobalt to shape the global energy transitionand drive economic growth, sustainability…
Gem trader HB Antwerp eyes African diamonds after Botswana pact
Diamond sorter Steve Millan examines the internal quality of a large rough diamond using a hand loupe at De Beers’ diamond sorting and sales facility in Botswana. (Image courtesy of…
Guinea Conakry Energy, Hydroelectricity and Hydrocarbons Minister to speak at MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power
The MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power 2023 Conference (https://apo-opa.info/42KSGwf), taking place in Mauritania on November 21-22, will include the first-ever keynote address by Guinea Conakry’s Minister of Energy, Hydroelectricity, and…
China’s halts 32 coal mines in northwest, suspends expansion plans
A coal shipment underway in China. (Image by Rob Loftis, Wikimedia Commons). China has halted operations at 32 open-pit coal mines in the northwestern Inner Mongolia region, according to industry…
Top 10 new copper projects by mine life
Russia is about start output from the Udokan deposit, the world’s largest not in production. Credit: Udokan Copper Demand for copper, an economic indicator in itself because of its widespread…
Barrick CEO says West must demonstrate more resiliance in strife-torn Africa
THE West had to show more resiliance supporting nations in conflict if it was to secure the minerals demanded of the current commodities supercycle. This is the view of Mark…