Although the construction industry offers many opportunities for collaboration between consultants and contractors, these opportunities are often not fully explored. “This results in contractual... 

South Africa’s construction industry ground to a halt on March 27, as the nation entered a hard lockdown that would last weeks, in response to the global Covid-19 pandemic which spurred governments... 

DISA Equipment has recently sold its 3000th Doosan machine in South Africa to plant rental specialists, TKR Operations, in a joint venture with Medkoeriers, which provides material processing and... 

Botswana's President said its mining industry is expected to shrink by nearly a quarter this year, before bouncing back to growth in 2021 as the diamond market picks up and production begins at a... 

Health and safety measures at Canyon Coal mines have changed drastically since the emergence of the pandemic, and this has had an impact on production, says Canyon Coal health, safety and... 

South Africa should take the lead in adopting the Transport Internationaux Routiers (TIR) system in sub-Saharan Africa, says the International Road Transport Union (IRU). TIR is a United Nations... 

Cokal is expediting the development of the project. 

Central banks shifted to net sellers for the first time in nearly a decade, with net sales estimated at just under 13 t for the third quarter, research from financial markets data company Refinitiv... 

Coal developer Cokal on Friday revealed that it was expediting the development of its Bumi Barito Mineral (BBM) coking coal project, in Indonesia, with preliminary development activities being... 

A scoping study into restarting the Kayelekera uranium project, in Malawi, has confirmed that the project could be one of the first to restart production in order to meet impending uranium supply... 

The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has refuted claims by Western Australia senator Pat Dodson, who accused diversified miner Rio Tinto of ‘incremental genocide’ during a Parliamentary Inquiry... 

According to the 2019/20 Packaging Overview report released by full-service research company BMi Research in August, South Africa’s packaging industry could decline by more than 9% in 2020 as a... 

A preliminary economic assessment has demonstrated robust economics and is based on a standalone, owner-operated mine and mill. 

Construction has started at the wet screening plant for the Riley iron-ore mine. 

Construction has started at the wet screening plant for the Riley iron-ore mine, in Tasmania. Project owner Venture Minerals on Friday said that the successful completion of the initial mining and... 

COVID-19 has presented the country with immense challenges and Glencore has adapted their existing social investment programmes to address the changing social needs of communities caused by the... 

Empowerment investment firm African Rainbow Capital (ARC) Investments has posted what it deems a satisfactory performance for the year ended June 30, 2020, considering the challenging operating... 

Facilities management services provider Afroteq Advisory, a subsidiary of holding company AFMS Group, expanded its service offering in the occupational health and safety (OHS) sector by acquiring... 

The new, permanent ablution facilities will improve health and hygiene standards at the school, enabling learners and teachers to have a better learning environment. The handover forms part of... 

Exploration pitting works at Xtract Resources’ Eureka copper/gold deposit, in Zambia, has confirmed earlier modelling of a strike extension to the northwest. Earlier three-dimensional modelling on... 

Mining specialists, Ukwazi, today announce the addition of multi-disciplinary engineering services to their portfolio of mining and processing solutions. The project development and delivery (PDD)... 

Canadian junior Abcourt Mines is reopening the Sleeping Giant mine, halfway between Amos and Matagami in Abitibi, Quebec, with the aim of processing some ore at the end of September, or early... 

There has long been discussions about the development of a gas economy having the potential to help transform the South African landscape and, despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, about gas... 

An updated definitive feasibility study (DFS) on the Mulga Rock uranium project, in Western Australia, has improved the project economics. ASX-listed Vimy Resources said that the projected net... 

Vancouver-based miner Teck Resources has signed a new agreement with the company it uses to export its steelmaking coal, contracting for the shipment of 32.25-million tonnes. Teck’s agreement with... 

The federal government has awarded ASX-listed BCI Minerals Major Project status for its Mardie salt and potash project, in Western Australia. Major Project status provides companies with extra... 

Uranium major Kazatomprom would continue flexing down production by 20% through 2022 to help the market recover from a “long period of oversupply”, CEO Galymzhan Primatov announced on Wednesday.... 

Ghana-focused Galiano Gold, formerly Asanko Gold, on Monday announced the appointment of Matt Badylak as executive VP and COO with immediate effect. He would be based in the company's head office... 

Diversified resources producer Eurasian Resources Group’s (ERG’s) portfolio of copper and cobalt assets in Africa, particularly those in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), are key to its... 

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has welcomed the arrival of the DeepSea Stavanger oil and gas drill rig, in Cape Town, which has been commissioned by petrochemicals company... 

Demand for the agriculture-specific products offered by Southern Africa bearings and power transmission products distributor Bearings International (BI) is slowly picking up now that lockdown... 

Galiano Gold COO Josephat Zvaipa has died after contracting Covid-19. Galiano is the operator and manager of the Asanko mine, in Ghana, which it jointly owns with South Africa-based major Gold... 

On May 30 history was made when, for the first time ever, astronauts were carried into orbit in a spacecraft that had been designed and built, and was owned and operated, by a private-sector... 

Shuttering businesses, grounding airlines and ordering people to stay home was hard enough the first time. The thought of having to do it all over again is something world leaders don’t want to... 

This week we profile Etienne Jooste, chief operating officer at Londani Coal, a coal mining company  

The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) welcomed the outcome of the creditors’ vote on the proposed business rescue plan for State-owned South African Airways (SAA). The financially beleaguered... 

Unyazi, a local South African entity, embarked on achieving ISO 9001 -2015 certification in November 2019. Unyazi is the local authorized business partner for Emerson Products and Services, focused... 

The world’s second largest gold miner, Barrick, says it remains open to negotiations with Papua New Guinea to reopen the Porgera mine, but stresses that negotiations have to be in good faith and... 

With delays from Covid-19 taken into consideration, Mauritian hydropower provider Tembo Power CEO Raphael Khalifa expects construction on three hydropower projects and one solar photovoltaic... 

Copper has erased losses racked up in the early months of the coronavirus outbreak. China’s economic uptick, set to be confirmed by second-quarter figures this week, is encouraging an optimistic... 

 South Africa's recession deepened in the first quarter of 2020, with official data on Tuesday showing that gross domestic product contracted 2% from the previous three months, led by declines in... 

Major BHP has completed its first iron-ore trade with steel producer China Baowu on Canadian startup MineHub Technologies’ blockchain-based platform. The transaction was estimated to be worth...