SA mining sector catapults into digital future
JOHANNESBURG – SOUTH Africa’s mining industry, in major need of revival on the back of prevailing challenges, is to receive a major boost in the leap into the digital future. This comes in the wake of the industry, globally, benefitting from digital mining transformation. Among the companies driving the makeover is Schneider Electric, the More...
Mining crucial to revive battling Nigeria economy
ABUJA – THE third edition of the Nigeria Mining Week, set for October, represents another step in diversifying Africa’s biggest but struggling economy from over-reliance on oil. It comes as mining has witnessed More...
Government tiff with miner jeopardizes Botswana investment status
From ODIRILE TOTENG in Gaborone, Botswana GABORONE – BOTSWANA, the diamond-rich Southern African country, risks reputational damage as an investment destination following the bungled liquidation of BCL More...
Dubai “port” could change land-locked Africa
ADDIS ABABA – PLANS for an “inland container port” hold promise for Africa’s 16 countries without coastlines. But a lot depends on having the right neighbours. Ethiopia is to develop a container dock that More...
Zimplats, government resolve dispute over land
HARARE, (CAJ News) – ZIMPLATS and the Zimbabwean government have reached an agreement over land which the latter had sought to acquire compulsorily from the mining firm. The differences were over the land More...
Legislative changes in Zimbabwe buoy Caledonia
BULAWAYO, (CAJ News) – BOUYED by record gold production and political changes in Zimbabwe, Canadian gold mining firm, Caledonia Mining, appears eager to raise at least $4 million and buy back a stake previously More...
Tech revolution changing face of iron ore mining
JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – AN investment of R500 million (US$42,8 million) in technology by Kumba Iron Ore, Africa’s largest producer of the mineral, is paying dividends. The investment has been made at More...
Political deadlock grounds SA mining sector
JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – THE mining industry in South Africa, the continent’s most advanced economy, is bearing the brunt of policy uncertainty and the prevailing political impasse. These factors are More...
ACF injects $220 million to Zimbabwe chrome mining
Ashruf Kaka, the ACF National Project Director CAPE TOWN, (CAJ News) – AFRICAN Chrome Fields (ACF), a key investor in Zimbabwe’s mining industry, has spent over US$220 million in the country, underlining More...
Zimbabwe mineral sector ripe for investments
CAPE TOWN, (CAJ News) – INTERNATIONAL investors have been encouraged to make the most of Zimbabwe’s endowment with mineral resources and moves by the new administration to ease legislation promulgated by More...