BNC has been working on restarting its smelter, with the aim of producing nickel alloy by 2015. (Image source: ChristianToennesen/Flickr)
Zimbabwean mining company Bindura Nickel Corporation (BNC) has resumed production in its smelter after selling 7,129 tonnes of nickel this year
Since 2006, Angola has been producing eight million carats of diamonds annually. (Image source: Kim Alaniz/Flickr)
The Angolan government has said it aims to increase diamond production in the country by 20 per cent this year and achieve an annual target of 10mn carats
Kenyas Baringo County is rich in resources like diatomite, ruby, gold, iron ore, manganese and fluorspar. (Image source: Patrice Anglade/Flickr)
Kenya’s Baringo County has signed a US$71mn deal with Chinese firm Chuansian International Company to mine 200,000 tonnes of diatomite annually
According to KPMG, Africa contributed to 6.5 per cent of the worlds mineral exports in 2011. (Image source: David Guthrie/Flickr)
A number of Indian companies have announced their intention to invest in Africa’s mining and power sectors at the recently held 11th edition of the West African Mining and Power Exhibition (WAMPEX)
Watermaster machines are sold with both a pumping capability and a backhoe capability.
Produced by Aquamec, part of the Lännen group of construction machinery companies, Watermaster is an amphibious multi-purpose machine
