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Earlier this year Epiroc and SSAB announced a further expansion of their partnership to secure fossil-free steel for use in the production of Epiroc’s mining equipment. Since then, the two companies have expanded their collaboration into also exploring the possibilities to use fossil-free steel when manufacturing spare parts and components …

Bosch Rexroth Africa Development, a Bosch Rexroth Africa company, continues to grow the Group’s footprint in Africa by welcoming a new distributor. The company, Blumaq Zambia, provides spare parts for the mining industry and entered into a distribution agreement with Bosch Rexroth Africa Development in February 2023. Blumaq will supply …

The Portuguese manufacturer and seller of gensets and electric engineering projects is set to participate in both the Africa Energy Forum 2023 (Kenya, June 20th to 23rd) and FILDA (Angola, July 18th to 22nd). With an experience of more than 45 years providing energy solutions for numerous applications, Grupel has …

Originally developed in the 1960s, the Forsheda® V-Ring has long been the standard sealing solution in rotary applications that are subject to heavy contamination, successfully preventing ingress of external media and retaining lubricants. Widely used in sectors including agriculture, mining, transportation, machine tools, renewable energy and general industry, the single-piece …

The challenges presented by inconsistent power supply, exacerbated by the everyday reality of rising fuel and energy costs, have to be navigated by businesses across all sectors of the South African economy to ensure their future sustainability. Within this context, the pressure to find ways to operate more efficiently and …

GoviEx Uranium Inc. has launched education programs – the Back to School Project and GoviEx’s Youth Trainee Program in the vicinity of its Muntanga Project. The two initiatives were born out of GoviEx’s commitment to local employment and local development. This comes after the company had recognized the challenges in …

First Quantum Minerals (FQM), paid ZMW 20.4 billion in taxes and royalties independently audited Zambia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (ZEITI) 2021 annual report on tax payments and receipts The sum amounts to 61 percent of the total amount – nearly ZMW 34 billion – received by the government from the …

ANGLO American is returning to full-scale exploration for copper in Zambia after signing the provisional JV agreement it struck with London-listed junior Arc Minerals in May last year. In terms of the deal Anglo will own up to 70% of the JV company in return for the investment of up to …

In the Lyovu rural district of Zambia’s North-Western province, located near an area where its copper and cobalt exploration is underway, Anglo-America will be helping to improve access to education for 160 high school-aged girls. To do this, it has launched a partnership with the humanitarian organisation World Vision to …

Dewatering, slurry and sludge pumps specialist Integrated Pump Technology is growing its support capacity for Gindex pumps to ensure customers are well served as demand steadily grows. “Our expansion into the Southern African Development Community region and beyond has been built on the proven quality of rugged Grindex pumps underpinned …