Mauritius-based, Sotic International has snapped some of Zimbabwean biggest mines. Landela Mining Ventures, which is controlled by Sotic, bought two of Zimbabwe’s gold mines this year. The newcomer is targeting six more mines, including four idled state-owned operations, said Sotic Chief Executive Officer David Brown. That expanding mining portfolio has …

  It is fair to say that although the South African mining industry represents 8% of our GDP, and employs approximately 450 000 people, by 2019 figures, it is SA’s sweetheart industry. The mining industry was one of the first industries to be permitted to resume activities during the lockdown …

The Rise of Internet of things (IOT) in mining report says despite the sector having been historically slow to adopt radical ideas and new technologies, “it is clear that new approaches are required to transform mining operations because the pressure on margins continues [as does] the need to extract raw …

Canada’s Endeavour Mining said on Thursday it had completed the C$1 billion ($732 million) acquisition of smaller rival Semafo, which has created West Africa’s top gold producer. With the merger completed, Semafo’s president and chief executive Benoit Desormeaux has assumed the role of Endeavour’s new president. Semafo’s chief financial officer, …

  International oil and gas exploration and production are in the doldrums and won’t likely rebound any time soon. Canada has curtailed its crude output by one million barrels per day (BPD). The country’s active oil and gas rig count had fallen to an all-time low of 17 in early …

  Chinese oil and gas company CNOOC has announced that it has made a significant discovery of Huizhou 26-6 in the Eastern South China Sea. According to CNOOC, the discovery is expected to become the first ‘mid-to-large’ sized condensate oil and gas field of the Pearl River Mouth Basin in …

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Last March the European Commission announced its Circular Economy Action Plan as one of the main blocks of the European Green Deal, this new EU action plan promotes the idea of a circular economy and fosters sustainable processes along the entire life cycle of products, aiming to ensure that the …

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Astec Industries, Inc. through its regional office Astec Industries Africa Middle East and Aramine signed a distribution contract at the beginning of June 2020, appointing the French company Aramine as the official dealer of Astec Material Solutions products in several strategic countries in West Africa (Mauritania, Mali, Senegal, Guinea, Ivory …