By Georgia Williams Agricultural resources phosphate and potash are primarily used to produce fertilizer for crops and animal feed supplements. Only 5 percent of...

Commentary

Africa Can Get More From Its Minerals By Building Industries To Service Mines

by Jimmy Swira

June 12, 2020

By Vuyo Mjimba Multinational firms from Europe, North America and more recently China still dominate the extraction and refining of most of...

Wind Power Needs To Be Procured Urgently To Meet SA’s Power Grid Requirements

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Could the World Stop Using Fossil Fuels Today?

by Jimmy Swira

June 11, 2020

By Ralph Sims It is not feasible to immediately stop extracting and using fossil fuels. The global economy, human health...

Mines Eye Speeding up Automation Amid Virus Threat

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AI and Mining’s Brave New Frontier

by Jimmy Swira

June 11, 2020

Some might have misgivings regarding the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) and how its analytical power will replace traditional methods...

Guinea Tying Up a Deal With Rio Tinto and Chinalco

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Global Top 40 Mining Companies Resilient In Face of COVID-19 …

by Jimmy Swira

June 11, 2020

● Revenue up 4% to US$692bn ● EBITDA flat at US$168bn ● Market capitalisation up 19% (US$898bn)* (reduced to US$752bn on 30...

Collaboration key to preservation of water resources

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What Post-COVID Restructuring & Insolvency Means For Environmental Compliance

by Jimmy Swira

June 9, 2020

By Paula-Ann Novotny As the marketplace enters unchartered territory for corporate governance in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase...

KCM to start small-scale trial iron ore mining in Agbaja, Nigeria

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Investing in the Resources Sector in the Time of Covid-19:What Experts Say

by Jimmy Swira

June 8, 2020

Investing can be challenging at the best of times. But Covid-19, and global lockdown response to the pandemic, have made...

Commentary

Disruption and Resiliency the New Norm for Supply Chains

by Jimmy Swira

June 8, 2020

Humanitarian crises will always have significant implications for businesses. Covid-19 has put pressure on economic growth, causing a massive slowdown...