All policy in South Africa specifically relating to energy certainly does tend to be moving into a path of time and space where it really is incentivising the building out of renewable energy generation capacity in the country, said Anglo American CEO Duncan Wanblad on Thursday when the London- and
Mining & Exploration
A 150 ct white diamond has been recovered from ASX-listed Lucapa Diamond’s Lulo alluvial mine, in Angola. The company on Thursday said that the stone was the fifth of more than 100 ct recovered from Mining Block 28, and was the thirty-sixth stone of more than 100 ct to be recovered
The state-owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) has announced that Zimbabwe produced 5 million carats of diamonds in 2022 – a rise compared to the 4.2 million carats it produced in 2021, Rough & Polished reports. In December of last year, Winston Chitando, Zimbabwe’s mines and mining development minister,
Debswana, a joint venture between De Beers and the Botswana government, has announced “the world’s first 5G-oriented smart diamond mine project” in conjunction with the Chinese multinational technology corporation Huawei, IDEX Online reports. Debswana and Huawei have connected over 260 pieces of equipment – like mining vehicles – at
Mountain Province Diamonds has announced production and sales results for Q4 (ended December 31, 2022) and 2022 from the Gahcho Kué Diamond Mine. According to Rough & Polished,during Q4, 1,621,800 carats were recovered. For the full year 2022, 5.52 million carats were recovered (less than the guidance of 5.60
Mining industry organisation Namibia Chamber of Mines (NCM) states that it is “very positive” on the trajectory of the local mining industry, stressing that it expects it to grow on the back of increased output from the diamonds and uranium sectors. “In the short term, growth in the mining sector
