73 News & Press Releases found
VUKA Group News
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African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa announces agenda for joint ‘Digital Energy Festival’
Private sector participation in the energy sector, small-scale hydro and mini grid opportunities, desalination as an option to secure water security and helping SSMEs with a toolkit are just some of the highlights of the Digital African Utility ...
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African Utility Week & POWERGEN Africa wins AAXO ROAR Awards again!
African Utility Week & POWERGEN Africa, the leading energy event on the continent for the last 20 years, has clinched once again the AAXO ROAR Award for Best Trade Exhibition in the 12000+ sqm category. The event is organised by the ...
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African Utility Week returns to Cape Town in May with latest updates and success stories in power, energy and water
The African Utility Week conference has a longstanding reputation of producing innovative, topical and high-level content, discussion and engagement” says event director Evan Schiff, adding: “the 19th edition of the event from ...
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Global Tailings Review launches public consultation
Bruno Oberle, Chair of the Global Tailings Review, has launched a public consultation on the draft Global Tailings Standard . The consultation will collect feedback from all interested stakeholders in order to develop a robust, ...
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Vedanta concerned with management of KCM assets
Vedanta Resources notes the media statement issued on 13 November 2019 by Milingo Lungu, the court-appointed Provisional Liquidator of Konkola Copper Mines (KCM). Vedanta is concerned at the way in which some of the points were presented by ...
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Petra Diamonds trims management structure
Petra Diamonds has announced that in order to provide effective support to the company’s operations and to facilitate the rapid execution of Project 2022, a number of organisational changes have been put into effect. With all operations ...
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Two more +100 carat diamonds recovered at Mothae
Lucapa Diamond Company reports the recovery of two more +100 carat diamonds from the Mothae kimberlite mine in Lesotho. Ownership of the mine is split as follows: Lucapa 70%; Government of Lesotho 30%. EXCLUSIVE: The magic of Mothae The 220 ...
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Blood diamonds still haunt Kimberley Process
For over a decade, civil society and increasingly industry observers to the Kimberley Process have been decrying how the scheme is failing to stop diamonds affected by various forms of conflict from flowing onto international markets. Now, at the ...
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New installation at Wits Mining Institute is a blast
A state-of-the-art smart blasting system has been officially handed over to the Wits Mining Institute by electronic blast initiation specialists, DetNet. DetNet’s BlastWeb system has been installed in the mock mining operation on the Wits ...
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De Beers Group’s Willemien Potgieter: engineering Zero Harm
“The work De Beers has spent the last two years (in particular) on safety is an example for the mining sector. The company’s incorporation of systems and technologies to enhance safety – including proximity detection systems for ...
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TECH NEWS: Partnership to deliver blast automation
Orica and Epiroc Rock Drills will jointly develop an explosives delivery system using automation, enabling safer and more productive blasting operations in underground mines. As mines go deeper and ore bodies become more remote, the case for ...
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Technological progress in geochemical services to increase effectiveness
The demand within the global geochemical services market for mineral and mining industry is escalating on account of advancements in mining operations. Viable extraction of minerals largely depends on geological factors such as density, pressure, ...
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Total gears up for new era of South Africa
One of the most important discoveries of the year took place 175 km off the southern coast of South Africa where Total has made a gas condensate discovery on the Brulpadda prospects. It is located on Block 11B/12B in the Outeniqua Basin. The ...
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Base Resources: Putting mineral sands in Madagascar on the map
ASX-listed Base Resources has proven its ability to build and successfully operate a mineral sands operation – in Kenya – a mining jurisdiction still in its infancy years. Now, the company is looking to replicate its achievements and is ...
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4IR: The future of mining is now
Whether it’s in the halls of mining exhibitions or at dedicated seminars about the future of mining, all the talk is about the imminent Fourth Industrial Resolution (4IR). The reality is that the new digital age is not about to happen – ...
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3 Mt wall scaling at Petra Diamonds’ Cullinan open pit
Petra Diamonds has released a statement regarding the scaling of its open pit wall at the Cullinan mine in South Africa. Mining in the open pit at Cullinan was discontinued more than 50 years ago and all current mining operations are underground. ...
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Profitable green mining with advanced sorting technology
Sorting system specialist TOMRA’s advanced sensor-based sorting technology offers mining operations the dual benefits of energy efficiency and the ability to recover valuable ore even from sub-economic deposits or dumps. This has become ...
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A universal standard for ethics, sustainability and environmental impact
DMT GmbH & Co. KG has launched CERA, the first global certification scheme to guarantee a consistent standard of environmental, social and economic impact throughout the entire raw materials value chain. Currently, at least 40 different ...
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Northam acquires Maroelabult assets for R20 million
Northam has announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Eland Platinum, has entered an agreement with Barplats Mines, a subsidiary of Eastern Platinum, to purchase the Maroelabult assets. This includes the mining and surface rights, infrastructure, ...
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Africa’s resource curse: potential solutions to govern minerals
Peter Leon, Partner and Africa Co-Chair, Herbert Smith Freehills addressed delegates at the East and Central Africa Mining Forum (ECAMF) in Kigali this morning (29/10/2019) about the governance of Africa’s mineral ...