Australia’s Lucapa Diamond has managed to acquire US $2m after selling diamonds found at its Lulo mine in Angola. Lucapa sold 1,782 carats at an average price of US $1,150 per carat in conjunction with its partners Empresa Nacional...
Nicholas O’Dwyer, an Irish engineering consultancy firm has signed a US $11m contract to carry out work on the US $1.2Bn Lusaka to Ndola road in Zambia. The company is tasked with carrying out the design review, technical and...
De Beers is set to increase its diamond supply in 2018. This is in spite of the global diamond supply being estimated to decrease by approximately 2.5% in the same year. According to research reports, of the world's top...
Denver Dreyer Chief Executive Officer WorleyParsons RSA
Recovering commodity prices, renewed optimism in the mining sector, and diversified ownership of Tier 1 mining companies are opening up opportunities for emerging and junior miners to enter the industry. CEO of WorleyParsons...
By: Nita Karume
Robert Friedland, Executive Chairman of Ivanhoe Mine, and Lars-Eric Johansson, Chief Executive Officer, announced today that a large-capacity rock crusher now has been successfully installed 1,150 metres below surface at the upgraded Kipushi zinc-copper-silver-germanium mine in the...
By Nita Karume:
Rift Valley Resources is set to begin the preparations for a drill program at Longonjo. This is aimed at extending previously announced mineralization of its neodymium and praseodymium (NdPr) project. The project, which is located in Angola, contains copper, gold and niobium...
Lucapa Diamond Company has unearthed a 25-carat yellow gem diamond in Lesotho. According to media reports, the stone was discovered at its 70%-owned Mothae mine during the first two days of trial processing at the project.
The company also added...
BMI Research has reported that the current political unrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will not affect the growth of the mining industry, which will underpin a 5% increase in real GDP in 2019.
The Central African Copperbelt,...
Specialised Container Agencies (SCA) - suppliers of niche market container products - has developed an intermodal side tipper bin, that provides efficient bulk handling rail solutions, encouraging greater utilisation of rail wagon container haulage.
“SCA’s intermodal tipper bins ensure quick,...
Despite uncertainty in the global diamond trading market in recent years, Botswana’s new president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, has demonstrated his country’s belief in the economic significance of diamond exports.
Masisi has revealed that his country is pushing for a long-term diamond...