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African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa announces agenda for joint ‘Digital Energy Festival’
Private sector participation in the energy sector, small-scale hydro and mini grid opportunities, desalination as an option to secure water security and helping SSMEs with a toolkit are just some of the highlights of the Digital African Utility ...
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African Utility Week & POWERGEN Africa wins AAXO ROAR Awards again!
African Utility Week & POWERGEN Africa, the leading energy event on the continent for the last 20 years, has clinched once again the AAXO ROAR Award for Best Trade Exhibition in the 12000+ sqm category. The event is organised by the ...
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African Utility Week returns to Cape Town in May with latest updates and success stories in power, energy and water
The African Utility Week conference has a longstanding reputation of producing innovative, topical and high-level content, discussion and engagement” says event director Evan Schiff, adding: “the 19th edition of the event from ...
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African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa announces new brand and vision: Enlit Africa, after 20 years
African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa, for some two decades the flagship power, energy and water event on the continent, has unveiled its new name, identity and vision, Enlit Africa, during the opening session of the digital edition of the ...
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Nigeria Mining Week to proceed digitally in October and reconvene in 2021
According to Nigeria’s Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc. Olamilekan Adegbite, “because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is safer to reschedule the Nigeria Mining Week proceedings for 2020, as we prioritize the safety of ...
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Water and energy sector talks at Virtual African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa
“A shift in resources allocation towards the health sector to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic is going to starve other sectors like the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector of much needed financing,” says Paul Yillia, ...
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The future of trade publications: the ability to adapt and add value
Clarion Events Africa’s trade publications are not only surviving, but thriving, because we have managed to reinvent the medium by embracing digital and key event partnerships to have a 360⁰ live visibility and accessibility.” This ...
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Siemens and partner to develop microgrids for mining companies
Siemens and German renewable energy developer juwi have entered into a strategic technology partnership to focus on microgrids in the mining industry. The signed agreement between the two companies aim to roll-out and continually develop the ...
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Petra Diamonds trims management structure
Petra Diamonds has announced that in order to provide effective support to the company’s operations and to facilitate the rapid execution of Project 2022, a number of organisational changes have been put into effect. With all operations ...
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South Africa reveals its blueprint for its energy future
The South African cabinet has approved IRP 2019 that plots the path for the nation’s generation technology mix to assuage the current energy crisis in the country. Minister of Minerals Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe has ...
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Ethiopia: Open for business
The mining sector in Ethiopia is on the brink of evolutionary growth and progress as the country’s first modern gold mine – KEFI Minerals’ Tulu Kapi moves into development in October. Ethiopian Mines and Petroleum minister HE. ...
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Spintelligent announces rebrand to Clarion Events
Spintelligent has been operating across the African continent for more than 18 years, delivering market leading live events including African Utility Week, POWERGEN Africa, DRC Mining Week, Future Energy Nigeria and African media titles ESI Africa ...
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Maamba Collieries in Zambia sets record straight on load-shedding
Maamba Collieries in Zambia needs ZESCO to clear outstanding debts owed to the company so it can maintain efficient operations at its 300 MW coal-fired power plant. Due to a continued shortfall in monthly payments of its power bills by ZESCO, ...
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Kimura Capital joins MineHub Consortium
MineHub, the technology platform digitalising the mining and metals supply chains, has announced Kimura Capital is joining its consortium of participants. Arnoud Star Busmann, CEO of MineHub says: “Having Kimura on board as a ...
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Mali Lithium investigates downstream processing at Goulamina
ASX-listed Mali Lithium is to conduct a scoping study into the downstream processing of its Goulamina project in Mali. Mali – Mali Lithium has commissioned global engineering firm Hatch to assist with a scoping study ...
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Golden Star Resources to close Toronto office
NYSE/TSX Golden Star plans to close its Toronto office by April 30, 2020 and that its executive team will be in London, England. André van Niekerk, Executive Vice President and CFO, has decided not to accept the offer to move to London ...
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Eskom gloves up for legal bout with Deloitte over financial misconduct
Eskom has issued court papers and filed an affidavit against Deloitte Consulting for the setting aside of awards of contracts and recovery of funds amounting to R207 million, relating to improperly awarded work during 2016. The affidavit further ...
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Data disruption: the key to ethical battery supply chains in ASM
A new data study by RCS Global Group`s Better Mining team has delivered the first ever comprehensive picture of the state of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in cobalt, copper, and the key conflict minerals of gold, tin, tantalum, and ...
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Menar hosts third annual Mining Journalism Training Seminar
Twenty trainees attended a media training workshop hosted by Menar where they heard from a spectrum of speakers about different aspects of the mining sector. Menar Academy brought together the mining experts and senior journalists to train for ...
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New appointment strengthens board of Perseus Mining
ASX / TSX-listed Perseus Mining has proposed to strengthen its board of directors with the appointment of David Ransom to the role of non-executive director. Perseus Mining’s chairman, Sean Harvey says: “It will be with pleasure that ...