Chamber optimistic for 2012, despite challenges of previous year

Chamber of Mines of Namibia GM Veston Malango is optimistic that Namibia’s mining sector will perform better in 2012 compared with last year, which saw the world review the safety of nuclear power stations and corresponding market reactions...

Developments in Namibian mining indicate growth of sector

The Namibian Minister of Environment and Tourism has given environmental clearance to Australia-based uranium explorer Deep Yellow for its 95%-owned Shiyela iron-ore project.



Mining a key component in Namibia’s economy

Namibia’s mining sector generated $1.6-billion in mining export earnings during 2011, contributing about 11% to the country’s gross domestic product, with the country’s buoyed uranium mining sector forecast to be the single largest mining...

Namibian office to provide new opportunities

The establishment of a Namibian office this year could assist mining specialist VBKom Consulting Engineers to expand its footprint and service the mining industries of neighbouring African countries.

Company Announcement: Balamara Appoints New London-Based Director

Experienced mining executive and former Bannerman Resources Chairman Alastair Clayton appointed as non-executive Director ahead of London AIM listing

Minemakers says Namibia project may cost $326m

The feasibility study on the Sandpiper phosphate project, in Namibia, has predicted that a capital investment of some $326.3-million would be needed to support a three-million-ton-a-year operation. The capital cost estimate was some $182-million...

Company Announcement: Sandpaper Marine Rock Phosphate Project Positive Feasibility Study Results And Resource Upgrade

Minemakers Limited is pleased to announce the results of the Feasibility Study on the Sandpiper marine phosphate project.

Etango output upped with new DFS

A recently completed definitive feasibility study (DFS) of ASX- and TSX-listed Bannerman Resources’ Etango uranium project, in Namibia, has upped expected output by some 22%, after increasing the plant size from 15-million tons to 20-million...

Beneficiation technology to enable recovery of low-grade uranium

A recent German-developed physical beneficiation technology will enable the economical recovery of what has been traditionally considered an uneconomical grade of uranium, at a $135-million, low-grade uranium project in Namibia.

Namdeb seeks tax changes on 'project-by-project' basis

Namdeb, the Namibian joint venture between diamond giant De Beers and the government of that country, is seeking to pay less taxes at some of its less profitable operations, MD Inge Zaamwani said on Tuesday. Speaking in an interview with Mining...

Craton Mining says low-cost recovery of 1.2 Mt of contained copper at Namibia prospect possible

Namibian copper explorer Craton Mining and Exploration has announced the potential for the low-cost recovery of some 1.2-million tons of contained copper along the company’s Omitiomire copper deposit, in Namibia.

Can former UraMin team pull it off again with Congo potash?

While Elemental Minerals is sitting on what Northern Securities analyst Fadi Benjamin calls “the best potash project in Africa...hands down”, the biggest challenge facing the company is raising the $1.7-billion required to bring its Sintoukola...