Environmental management

De Beers has announced it is leading a research project that aims to make some of its mines carbon neutral within five years. The idea involves storing carbon through the mineralisation...

 Mining will continue to play an important role in the economy of the continent, as a foreign exchange earner and a big employer.  However, considering the growing effects of global warming,...

A-Gas South Africa Sales Representative, Werner Terblanche In line with the latest legislation in Europe, which came into effect at the beginning of the year, the automotive industry is required...

Concerned about the growing water scarcity , members of International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), which constitutes about a third of the global mining activity, have unveiled new commitments...

Recent studies on the promised land rehabilitation and environmental remediation of previously used mining sites have uncovered some major discrepancies between good intentions or PR efforts, and the actual delivery...

An environmental lobby group in Ghana is gravely concerned about mining activities that are taking place in the country’s forest reserves and has warned the government that the country could...

The formal quarrying sector in South Africa has worked tirelessly to clean-up its act in order to preserve the human rights of workers, as well as surrounding communities. While certain...

The Kwanza River Hydropower project potential economic benefits, but there environmental risks it poses can't just be downplayed If not carefully managed, hydro-electric schemes along Angola's Kwanza River could have...