Africa


Dirk Claessens

How analytics is transforming mining

After the excess investment and focus on production volume during the commodities supercycle, the new mantra of the mining sector is all about productivity.



A panel discussion during the Energy and Mines conference in Toronto in late October, from left: Stephen Letwin, Iamgold's president and CEO; Paul West-Sells, Western Copper and Gold's president and COO; and Valerie Helbronner, partner with Torys LLP. Source: Energy and Mines

Miners weigh in on green energy

Technologies in renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, hydroelectricity and bioenergy are improving, making them cheaper and attractive. However, lower commodity prices and tighter margins are among the barriers miners face when adopting…



Tsodilo Resources' BK16 project

Diamond explorers flock to Botswana

Botswana is the world’s largest diamond producer by value and home to the incredibly rich and long-lived Tier 1 Orapa and Jwaneng mines, both owned by Debswana, a 50/50 joint…



Aberdeen shifts strategy and focus

For most of its corporate history, Aberdeen International (TSX: AAB) has taken minority, non-controlling equity stakes in mostly public junior mining companies, along with a small contingent of private companies.




Tycoon takes 9.9% stake in Teranga Gold

David Mimran — a financier, Hollywood movie producer and CEO of his family’s Mimran Group, whose wealth stems from agri-industry (flour, sugarcane, grain, animal feed) to banking, shipping and real estate — has taken a 9.9%…


The terminal station at Jorf Lasfar for OCP's 187 km slurry pipeline in Morocco, which can move 38 million tons of phosphate per year. Source: OCP

Morocco’s OCP aims to dominate phosphate industry

MARRAKESH, MOROCCO — It’s hard not to be struck by the juxtaposition of tradition and progress when sitting in the back of a worn taxi cab winding its way through the maze-like confines of the medina quarter in the high-profile…


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