Mozambique and Australia have signed a partnership agreement for mining sector development in the southeast African country
Mining
Saudi Arabian group to invest in mineral salt extraction project in Egypt

The project will aim at extracting and manufacturing sodium sulphate, magnesium sulphate, sodium chloride and potassium chloride annually. (Image source: AlishaV/Flickr)
Saudi Arabian industrial investor Al-Rajhi Group has outlined plans to implement a US$100mn project for extracting mineral salts in Egypt
Harmony Gold to reopen Kusasalethu mine

According to Harmony, around 6,000 jobs would have been in jeopardy if the mine had been closed permanently. (Image source: sxc.hu)
Harmony Gold has announced it will reopen its Kusasalethu mine in South Africa after weeks of remaining shut due to a period of labour unrest
Weba commissions new discharge chutes

The new chutes are large enough to cope with present throughput, as well as future capacity increases. (Image source: Weba)
Weba Chute Systems has commissioned 20 new Weba discharge chutes at the Dense Medium Separation (DMS) drum plant at Kumba Iron Ores Sishen mine in South Africas Northern Cape province
Konecranes to deliver equipment to Angolan oil and gas firm

Konecranes will supply the oil and gas firm with 10 overhead cranes, 20 five tonne overhead cranes and Jib cranes. (Image source: Konecranes)
Konecranes Southern Africa has secured a contract worth more than US$1mn for the delivery of a variety of cranes, ranging from 10 to 100 tonnes in size, from Sonils Oil & Gas in Angola