The Minerals Council South Africa appoints Mzila Mthenjane as its new Chief Executive Officer. Mzila Mthenjane is the new CEO of Minerals Council South Africa. Mthenjane will leave his role as Executive Head for Stakeholder Affairs at Exxaro Resources to join the Minerals Council. He has more than 30 years of experience in the South…
Botswana Diamonds (LSE: BOD) has begun mining at Marsfontein in South Africa, as a proof-of-concept trial project that it expects will help improve operations at its larger Thorny River project. The company, headquartered in Ireland with 12 other subsidiaries, experienced “teething issues,” including plant delivery delays and adverse weather, said it’s now on track to…
Nigerian and Swiss firms have signed a pact to develop precious metals and artisanal gold mining value chain. On the sideline of the Investing in African Mining Indaba at Capetown, South Africa, Dukia Gold & Precious Metals Refining Co. Limited Nigeria and Philoro Global Trading AG Switzerland, signed a Working Together Agreement to deepen participation…
The President of the Liberia Chamber of Mines, Amara Kamara, has informed investors at the just-ended Investing in African Mining conference in South Africa that Liberia is fast becoming a new destination for gold in West Africa as evidenced by an increase in gold exploration, gold mining, and semi-industrial gold mining activities around the Country.The…
CAPE TOWN, May 9 (Xinhua) — Major mining countries in Africa on Monday highlighted the great potential and prospects in Africa’s mining sector in “green metals” and other minerals while expecting investment in the sector to bring more benefits to the local community through building on value chains. Investing in African Mining Indaba, which was…
The Chinese have done it again, but this time to the wrong country. It will be recalled that a video surfaced from Sierra Leone in July 2021, when a Chinese expatriate worker was attacking Mohammed Kalma, the Safety Officer of Kingho Mining Company at the Tonkololi Iron Mines. This year again, Bloomberg is reporting a…
Not only does Newmont have the largest gold reserve base in the industry, which is underpinned by world class ore bodies in top tier mining provinces and jurisdictions, the company from its Ahafo and Akyem mines, is also the largest gold mining conglomerate in Ghana, (that is if one doesn’t consider Gold Field’s interests in…