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Robor is proud and excited to be the first South African steel tube and pipe manufacturer to announce the launch of an industry related “app” compatible with Android and iOS smartphones. The app (short for application) can be downloaded for free and offers users readily available information regarding the full …

Blackthorn Resources Limited, owners of Kitumba copper project in Mumbwa says it envisaged a lower than anticipated capital cost of developing the project which it seeks to develop into a full scale mine and produced over 39,000 of copper annually, the company said in its report.  The minerals exploration and …

Zambian born economist-cum writer Dambisa Moyo has been elected to the Board of Barrick Gold Corporation, owners of Lumwana mine in North Western Province, the company has announced. A controversial economist who writes on macroeconomic and global matters, Moyo was recently elevated to the 11-member board as one of the …

Angola wants its mining sector to become one of the major contributors to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and to be one of the most important sources of employment. So asserted Geology and Mines Minister Francisco Queiroz in his address in Luanda on Mineworkers Day, April 27 whose theme …

As operations ramp up at its 75%-owned Montepuez ruby deposit in Mozambique, Aim-listed Gemfields is preparing for its inaugural ruby auction in Singapore in mid-June. “Gemfields is pleased to report on another sound quarter [to March], which has seen further progress at the Montepuez ruby deposit. Bulk-sampling operations continuing to …