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The DRC Mining Week in Lubumbashi has attracted the South Africa’s Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) to host a South African pavilion at the event. Participation at the event scheduled for the 14th to 16th June, of the South African delegation will comprise companies providing the latest mining …

Throughout 2022, 40% of industrial control system (ICS) computers globally were attacked with malware. In Africa, the figure sits at 47%, according to Kaspersky. The three countries which experienced the most attacks on ICS infrastructure were Ethiopia (62%), Algeria (59%), and Burundi (57%). They are followed by Rwanda (46%), Kenya …

In Zambia, Africa’s second-biggest producer of copper, which is in high demand for the transition to a low-carbon economy, Mfikeyi Makayi will be the most senior woman yet in the mining sector. Silicon Valley start-up KoBold Metals, which uses artificial intelligence to identify battery metal deposits, has appointed a woman …

Zambia needs to have a workforce with the right skills so that productivity in copper production is enhanced. Skilled miners are critical to meeting the annual copper production of three million tonnes in the next 10 years. Training mine operators is one way of growing the sector as it increases …

Torsa Global has revealed that it is in the process of establishing a Johannesburg-based office to service the mining industries of the Central African Copperbelt, Botswana, and Mozambique. The company is also looking to expand its services to Morocco. Speaking on the sidelines of the Investing in Africa Mining Indaba, …