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Mining in Africa

African mines will benefit from  shelter solutions

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Global distributor of shelters NOMADiQ Shelter Solutions aims to provide the African mining industry with cost-effective, energy-efficient and reusable shelter solutions by taking advantage of new building and energy technologies.

By: Petronel Smit

6th November 2009

Mining in Africa

Competition and challenges reduce Western investment in African mines

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Business development company MineAfrica reports that African mining is suffering under significant competition for investment from Latin American, Asian, Canadian and currently to a lesser extent from Russian jurisdictions.

By: Petronel Smit

6th November 2009

Mining in Africa

Copper output to  increase at Zambian mine with mobile  service system

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Fluid and lubrication dispensing equipment manufacturer Cobra Petro Projects (CPP) has manufactured a mobile lubrication and servicing unit to assist South African mining contractor Moolmans in achieving an output of 500 000 t/y of copper ore at...

By: Petronel Smit

6th November 2009

Mining in Africa

Diamond drilling  programme to start  in Liberia

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Exploration to production company African Aura Mining has announced the start of a two-rig, 10 000-m diamond-drill programme at the company’s New Liberty gold deposit, in western Liberia.

By: Petronel Smit

6th November 2009

Mining in Africa

Favourable interim results for SA platinum producer

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Producer of platinum-group metals Platmin announced a second-quarter profit of $6,6-million in its interim results for the half-year ended August 31, 2009.

By: Petronel Smit

6th November 2009

Mining in Africa

Gold exploration potential  in Eritrea upgraded

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Global gold company Chalice Gold Mines has upgraded the regional exploration potential at its 80%-owned 944 000-oz Zara gold project, in Eritrea, East Africa, after completing the first phase of a regional exploration programme.

By: Petronel Smit

6th November 2009

Mining in Africa

Inadequate infrastructure restrains development

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One of Africa’s biggest constraints to development in mining and other sectors remains the lack of adequate physical and economic infrastructure, says Africa engagement strategies development company Africa Frontier Advisory senior manager...

By: Petronel Smit

6th November 2009

Mining in Africa

Lack of access to funding cripples mining projects

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Minerals consulting group Venmyn reports that that the most significant challenge to the mining industry currently, from a transaction perspective, is access to funding.

By: Petronel Smit

6th November 2009

Topics in these articles

City	Company	Continent	Country
Cape Town Victoria Asmara Dar Es Salaam DURBAN LUSAKA	NOMADiQ Shelter Solutions MineAfrica Cobra Petro Projects Moolmans African Aura Resources Batouri Mano River Resources Eskom Investec Bank South Africa MCC Contracts Standard Bank South Africa Of R404 Chalice Gold Mines Landsat Africa Frontier Advisory Venmyn	Africa Europe	Angola Botswana Burkina Faso Democratic Republic Of Congo Ghana Mozambique Nigeria Sierra Leone South Africa Tanzania Zimbabwe Canada Zambia Cameroon Guyana Liberia Venezuela Eritrea Congo Malawi
Industry Term	Natural Feature	Person	Technology
Advertising Campaigns Energy Energy Effi- cient Energy Efficient Solutions Energy Technologies Integrated And Advanced Alternative-energy Technologies Mining Remote Mining Renewable-energy Products Shelter Solutions Attractive Mining Investment Destinations Energy Supply Load Body Lubrication Dispensing Equipment Manufacturer Machinery Openpit Mining Environment Stainless Steel Steel Steel Platform Steel Tanks Prospective Gold-mining Area Reef Mining Base Metal Mineral Occurrences Satellite Satellite Imagery Thematic Mapper Satellite Data Communication Technology Cross-border Infrastructure Electricity Power Infrastructure Transport Infrastructure Travel Times Minerals Consulting Group	Sierra Burkina Faso Sierra Leone Sierra Mozambique Sierra Nigeria Bea Mountain Merensky Reef	Tarek Sardana Wayne Floreani Drikus Smit Philip Hartley Aura Mining Luis Da Silva Chris Ingmar Von Christierson Ian Watson Keith Liddell Zara South Hannah Edinger Neil Mc Kenna	Alternative-energy Technologies Energy Energy Technologies Remote Sensing Communication Technology Geophysics
Facility	Province Or State	Region	Currency
Konkola Copper Mine Port Of Dar Es Salaam Port Of Durban	Ontario Victoria	West Africa East Africa	USD