African mining news

Metso Outotec has signed a contract for the delivery of an iron ore beneficiation and travelling grate pelletising plant to Africa.

Rainbow Rare Earths Ltd has announced a maiden JORC (2012) compliant mineral resource estimate in respect of the Phalaborwa Project in South Africa.

Weir Minerals Africa has installed a Linatex® 808 hard wall rubber hose with wear indicator system to reduce downtime and operating costs at Namdeb’s Sendelingsdrift treatment plant in Namibia.

AVZ Minerals Ltd has advised that its 100% owned DRC subsidiary company, Nyuki Logistics Company SASU, has secured a renewable 25-year lease on a 1227 ha. site located near the town of Kabondo Dianda.

After 5 years representing Metso Outotec in Southern Africa, Pilot Crushtec has renewed its distributorship for another 5 years.

Perenti Global Ltd has announced its surface mining business in Africa, African Mining Services, has been awarded the contract for opencast mining services at the Sandfire Resources’ Motheo Copper Project in Ghanzi, Botswana.

As it develops several gold mining concessions in West Africa, the UK-based 79th Group has been accepted into the UN Global Compact initiative.

Canyon Resources has submitted the ESIA for the Minim Martap Bauxite Project to Cameroon’s Ministry of Mines, Industry, and Technological Development.

Mapa Group has awarded Metso Outotec a contract for the delivery of key grinding technology to its gold mine expansions in Liberia and Burkina Faso.

Altus Strategies Plc has provided an exploration update on the Tabakorole gold project located in southern Mali.