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ASX-listed Element25 (E25) has revealed that it is now moving to a definitive feasibility study for the high purity manganese sulphate monohydrate (HPMSM) facility, which is likely to be finalised in the second half of 2022. A scoping study into the HPMSM plant has confirmed the economic benefits of the …

A“flare up” in mining resource nationalisation from 2020, is set to continue this year and into 2022, reports financial risk management, solutions and insights firm Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research (Fitch Solutions) (Fitch Solutions). Over the past 12 months, resource nationalism in top mining jurisdictions has flared up …

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 …

Robert Kamanga, the deputy Chief Executive Officer of China Non-Ferrous Metal Business (CNMCLuanshya )’s Copper Mines ( LCM), said his company is considering shutting down mine operations at its Baluba shaft in 2022. Mr Kamanga claims that the LCM has exhausted all copper reserves at the mine, prompting the decision …

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 …

The 2022 edition of Investing in African Mining Indaba, originally scheduled for February has been moved to May 2022. Organisers of the event said the decision was made following extensive consultation with partners, key stakeholders across the mining value chain and government ministers. “Collectively we decided, due to ongoing challenges …

Pix4D, the photogrammetry industry leader, today announced the signing of an exclusive reseller partnership with Beijing Skymap Technology Co., Ltd. a high-tech enterprise integrating software sales, service, research and development, and project integration in mainland China. With the diversification of Pix4D’s product portfolio to meet the specific needs of industries …

Vertiv, a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, today introduces Vertiv™ Liebert® EXM2, a three-phase monolithic uninterruptible power supply (UPS) providing double conversion efficiency up to 97 percent, which further increases up to 98.8 percent with the dynamic online mode. With power capacity ranging from 100 to …

Zambia, a country once thought to be one of the most investment-friendly in the region, is now one of the most extreme examples of a surge of authoritarian governments in mining-dependent countries that are struggling to pay their bills after borrowing for infrastructure in recent years. The landlocked nation in …

After skipping a coupon payment on a dollar bond in November, Zambia became Africa’s first pandemic-era sovereign default. However, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that progress had been made in three weeks of talks on a Zambian program, and that talks would continue, despite several obstacles. “Significant progress has …