All-Star Minerals, a mining investment firm listed on the AQSE, has announced the successful conclusion of its due diligence on the Nkombwa Hill tantalum, rare earth elements, and phosphate project in Zambia and the Blesberg lithium and tantalum project in South Africa. The statement that All Star had signed a …
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For its copper mine expansion at Kansanshi in Zambia, First Quantum Minerals (FQM) has given Metso Outotec an order for two enormous horizontal grinding mills. The delivery from Metso Outotec features two Planet Positive PremierTM grinding mills, the largest Premier grinding mills the company has ever delivered, with a combined …
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In response to an article that appeared in Fin 24 on June 15th of this year, Gwede Mantashe, the Minister of Mineral resources and Energy, warned of the use of illuminating paraffin (IP) to doctor diesel in an attempt to defraud the revenue services and increase profits. The following article …
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Pix4D, the market leader in photogrammetry solutions, is pleased to announce the certification of the viDoc by Bureau Veritas. This official recognition confirms that the viDoc is accurate enough to be used in industry. The Bureau Veritas found the viDoc to have a margin of error of less than 5cm, …
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Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) should not look for a new investor until the legal dispute with Vedanta Resources is resolved, the Indian mining company stated on Tuesday. In May 2019, the former administration in Zambia placed KCM under the control of a liquidator, starting the continuing legal battle with Vedanta …
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Gemfields’ stock soared nearly 7% on the JSE yesterday after the supplier of coloured gemstones said that its first ruby auction of the year brought in $95.6 million (R1.6 billion), the company’s all-time high auction income. In intraday trading on Monday, the shares were trading at R3.55. The Gemfields Group, …
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The African manufacturing sector has seen fractured growth over the past two years thanks to the complexities of the pandemic and its subsequent economic disruption. This is due to limited resources, impacted supply chains and the limitations of lockdowns, globally. In South Africa, manufacturing production saw a sharp decline month …
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Condition monitoring specialist company, WearCheck, has brought their sister company, Set Point Water Laboratories into the fold, adding a new division to WearCheck’s scientific testing structure. The water analysis company is now integrated fully into WearCheck, and forms yet another area of expertise along with WearCheck’s other services, which include …
Read More »ZCCM-IH, an investment firm, has announced that it has chosen to outsource the strategic review and determination of Mopani Copper Mines – MCM to a South African unit of Rothschild & Co (another investment firm). When mining expert Edward Simukonda challenged the investment company (ZCCM-IH) and the Industrial Development Corporation …
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Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL) has confirmed that it has no plans to introduce electric trains in the railway transport sub-sector at this time. Even though the company is using a system that is currently slow and needs to be redesigned, this is the case. Caristo Chitamfya, ZRL Public Relations Manager, …
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