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Thursday, 28 August 2025

Ivanhoe announces completion of debottlenecking program at its Kipushi Mine in DRC I Importance of Rockfall Modeling

Ivanhoe announces completion of debottlenecking program at its Kipushi Mine in DRC

Canadian mining company, Ivanhoe Mines has successfully completed the debottlenecking program at its ultra-high-grade Kipushi Zinc Mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), delivering the project both ahead of schedule and under budget.

Mines review water engineering as climate change advancesWeather variability due to climate change is now a complicating factor for South Africa's mines, as they engineer solutions to traditional water-scarcity challenges. As water-intensive operations, mines generally require large volumes of water in their processing plants to facilitate effective mineral extraction. Many of the country's mining regions also happen to be located in provinces where annual rainfall is relatively low.

Vertiv to Sponsor C&I Energy & Storage Summit Zambia 2025

Vertiv, a global leader in critical digital infrastructure, announced its participation as a bronze sponsor of the C&I Energy & Storage Summit Zambia 2025, a gathering of industry leaders, policy makers, innovators, and customers focused on addressing power challenges in the region.

The Importance of Rockfall Modeling in Different Mine Levels Will Be Analyzed in A Webinar

The Geotechnical Women's Committee is organizing the webinar "Rockfall Modeling in Pits of Different Mine Levels" as part of Slope Stability 2026, one of the world's most important mining slope events, which will be held for the first time in Peru in 2026.

BME to rollout hydrogen peroxide emulsions in SADC mining markets

Omnia Holdings company BME and Swedish-based Hypex Bio Explosives Technology (Hypex Bio) have advanced their partnership beyond Canada by initiating an infrastructure and product development programme for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) market. BME and Hypex Bio will gradually introduce the world's first commercially available hydrogen peroxide explosives (HPEs) in the SADC mining market for various blasting applications over time.

DISA Equipment aligns brand identity for greater market clarity

DISA Equipment – a long-established supplier of earthmoving and mining machinery in Southern Africa – has announced that it will trade exclusively under its registered name, DISA Equipment.
While the company remains the official distributor of Develon equipment, it will no longer use the Develon name as a trading identity. This strategic alignment is intended to reinforce clarity in the market, while preserving continuity across its product and service offering.

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