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Africa’s mining sector is facing the best prospects in over a decade favoured by sustained commodity price growth and reduced costs. “The centrality of mining to the development of the continent means that 2018 is likely to be a watershed year in Africa’s ongoing growth story,” Standard Bank Mining and …

Christopher Yaluma has reiterated commitment to dialogue, cooperation and consultation with mining industry stakeholders. Speaking at the ongoing Mining Indaba with Mining for Zambia, Yaluma said the common goal must focus on increasing production. “We could grow our annual production to 1 and even 2 million tonnes if we engage …

In an order to boost haulage capacity to meet the huge demand anticipated by the new Railway (Transportation of Heavy Goods) Regulation that was recently passed by the Zambian Minister of Transport, the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) has dispatched an engineer to South Africa to conduct a due diligence on …

In recent remarks to the press, Zambia’s Minister of Transport and Communications, Brian Mushimba, acknowledged the work being carried out by the Angolan Government in the field of infrastructure construction for the transport sector. He also stressed what he had witnessed was a good example for other African countries to …

Rio Tinto’s fleets of autonomous haul trucks have achieved a significant milestone at the company’s world-class operations in Australia by moving their one-billionth tonne of material. The haul trucks fitted with Autonomous Haulage System (AHS) technology have now moved more than one billion tonnes of both ore and waste material …