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Mining Weekly | Africa

13 November 2024

The latest mining world news and project information from Africa. providing updates on the progress of future, new and existing projects. Developments in mining legislation, policies, investments and infrastructure will be highlighted
  • Sovereign completes mining trials at Malawi project
    Aim- and ASX-listed Sovereign Metals has successfully completed the mining trials stage of its pilot mining and land rehabilitation programme (pilot phase) at the Kasiya rutile/graphite project, in Malawi. Hydraulic mining trials at Kasiya were successfully concluded as part of the Kasiya optimisation study.
  • How South Africa can grow participation in key battery manganese supply chain
    How South Africa can grow its participation in the global battery supply chain was spelt out this week at the Mintek@90 event to mark nine decades of mineral and metallurgical research, development and technology transfer by South Africa’s Council for Mineral Technology, which derives its mandate from the Minerals Technology Act. Telling it as it is in practical, proven and put-your-money-where-your-mouth-is detail was mining luminary Bernard Swanepoel, who addressed the audience in his capacity as chairperson of Manganese Metal Company (MMC) of Mpumalanga, where a self-funded R150-million project execution of the initial smaller manganese metal-to-sulphate plant began in September, with orders already placed for the long-lead crystalliser plant.
  • Johannesburg Planetarium relaunches as Wits Anglo American Digital Dome
    The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), in partnership with diversified mining company Anglo American, have relaunched the old Johannesburg Planetarium as the Wits Anglo American Digital Dome, after major refurbishments. Wits has noted that the new Digital Dome is the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere, made possible through an investment of R90-million from Anglo American and Wits.