According to a report from the Financial Times, key South African shareholders of Anglo American are receptive to a potential takeover bid from BHP, the world’s largest listed mining group. Some of these shareholders are suggesting that BHP enhance its offer by including a cash component. They indicated to theContinue Reading
Leo Lithium announced on Wednesday that it has finalized an agreement with China’s Ganfeng Lithium to offload its remaining 40% ownership in a Mali-based mine for a sum of $342.7 million. Additionally, the West Perth-headquartered company disclosed the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to resolve all outstanding mattersContinue Reading
Listed on AIM, Kefi Gold and Copper has reported significant progress according to plan at its Tulu Kapi gold project in Ethiopia. The finance syndicate board processes are progressing as scheduled for final conditional approvals this May, while preparations for the project launch are underway. Kefi highlights the positive developmentsContinue Reading
Trident Energy CEO Jean-Michel Jacoulot is set to address the Invest in African Energy (IAE) 2024 forum in Paris next week, highlighting the company’s expansion efforts in Africa. Trident Energy, a leading independent in the industry, is broadening its portfolio by focusing on operating and revitalizing mid-life oil and gasContinue Reading
Normet SmartDrive® is a modular battery electric vehicle (BEV) architecture designed to optimize energy consumption and performance in underground mining and tunneling applications. Normet SmartDrive® equipment enable higher productivity, lower operating costs and most importantly – zero local emissions. The Normet SmartDrive® architecture includes the latest Li-ion battery technology withContinue Reading
BCX, a large systems integrators in Africa and a division of Telkom, has collaborated with partners Huawei, MPI Holdings, Umnotho Technologies and Dahua to transform operational efficiencies and safety at the Nungu Mine, South Africa, through 5G wireless-enabled technology The project at the Nungu Mine consists of two phases: above-groundContinue Reading
As part of its ongoing international expansion, Kocho, a provider of cyber security, identity, cloud transformation and managed services, has launched new operations in South Africa with a new office in Cape Town Ricardo Canovi, country leader for South Africa, and George Gergiou, COO, Kocho. (Image source: Kocho) The newContinue Reading
The Federal Government has stressed the need to computerise the nation ‘s mining sector , saying it will enhance development and efficiency of the sub -sector of the economy. Sensitising primary stakeholders on the adoption of the Electronic Mining Cadastre System, (eMC+), in Ibadan, Director General/ CEO, Nigeria Mining CadastreContinue Reading
SAP Research Pretoria, the South African branch of SAP’s global research centre, has partnered with world-renowned computer science expert, Professor Jose Luis Encarnacao, to bridge the gaps in the uptake of information and communications technologies (ICTs) inherent in the socio-economic fabric of emerging economies in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India,Continue Reading
Focused on exploring research solutions for the mining sector’s ongoing technological advancements, the Wits Mining Institute (WMI) during April hosted a Real-time Information Management Systems (RTIMS) Dialogue Session under the theme ‘Bridging the Gap between Operational Technology and Data Analytics’. The dialogue, which forms part of the WMI’s South AfricanContinue Reading
