Schneider Electric has launched the standard SMT and extended run SMX Smart UPS models in Africa
Mining
Murray & Roberts Cementation awarded US$245 million mining contract in South Africa

Murray & Roberts Cementation will build an underground mine at Limpopo, South Africa. (Image source: Esther Dyson/Flickr)
Murray & Roberts Cementation has been awarded a US$245mn contract by diamond mining major De Beers for the transformation of the Venetia mine in Limpopo, South Africa
Mali awards greenfield concessions to Qatar Mining

According to the IMF, Malis gold output would begin to decline by 2015 as existing mines reach maturity. (Image source: David Guthrie/Flickr)
Leading gold producer Mali has awarded four greenfield mining concessions to Qatar Mining in four zones, located in the west and south of the West African nation
Aurora Minerals invests in Predictive Discovery

Aurora Minerals has invested in Predictive Discovery to carry out gold exploration activities in West Africa. (Image source: CIFOR)
Minerals exploration company Aurora Minerals has announced it will acquire a 17.2 per cent stake in gold exploration company Predictive Discovery
Bindura Nickel Corporation resumes production in Zimbabwe

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