Workwear supplier Portwest has announced a new collaboration with UK-based construction machinery manufacturer JCB
Mining
Kabwe Mine set to re-open
Berkerley Mineral Resources (BMR), through its Zambian subsidiary Enviro Processing Limited (EPL), is to re-open Kabwe Mine and will invest US$300mn into the mines operations
Sable Mining Africa to raise US$27.5mn for Nimba Iron Ore project
UK-based Sable Mining Africa has planned to raise US$27.5mn through a private placement of 180mn shares to help it develop the Nimba Iron Ore project in south-east Guinea
Angola’s Catoca Mining Society to start diamond exploration in Zimbabwe in 2014
Angola’s Catoca Mining Society has said it will start exploring two fields in Zimbabwe for diamonds in 2014
De Beers Group starts construction of new underground mine in South Africa
The De Beers Group has started construction on a new underground mine located beneath its open-pit Venetia diamond mine in the Limpopo province of South Africa