Namibian-owned company, Skeltek Industrial Works (Pty) Ltd., employs two state-of-the-art Atlas Copco XAHS700 PACE compressors for the efficient, reliable and safe handling of dry bulk chemicals that are critical for offshore drilling operations and well-construction. “We have successfully transferred thousands of tons of product with these Atlas Copco machines duringContinue Reading

Metso recently delivered its 100th rubber-lined Metso Truck Body to a mine in Finland. The customer, already using Metso bodies on their CAT and Komatsu trucks, has reported impressive performance improvements, similar to other customers globally. The Metso Truck Body has proven effective in addressing key haulage challenges such asContinue Reading

GroundProbe, and Terra Insights have combined under Orica Digital Solutions to form Geosolutions, an innovative solution provider to revolutionise monitoring in the mining and civil infrastructure sectors. Geosolutions brings together six leading brands—GroundProbe, RST Instruments, Measurand, 3vGeomatics, Syscom Instruments, and NavStar—to deliver best-in-class, end-to-end solutions in geotechnical, geospatial and structural monitoring across the mining and civilContinue Reading

Scatec ASA, a renewable energy provider, has achieved financial close for the Mogobe battery energy storage system (BESS) facility in Northern Cape, South Africa. The facility has been awarded a 15-year power purchase agreement under the first window of the Battery Energy Storage Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (BESIPPPP), allowingContinue Reading

Mali’s military government is demanding at least 300 billion CFA ($512 million) in unpaid taxes and dividends from Barrick Gold as part of a broader effort to increase revenue from mining companies. Last month, Malian authorities briefly detained four local employees of Barrick, the world’s second-largest gold miner. In response,Continue Reading

Botswana Diamonds, which holds exploration licenses in South Africa and Botswana, has secured a prospecting permit for five kimberlite bodies in the Marsfontein region of South Africa, an area known for its diamond-rich potential. The permit spans 900.67 hectares and surrounds the historic Marsfontein diamond mine. The permit covers kimberlitesContinue Reading