If the US government has its way, Americans will all get a big lump of coal in their Christmas stockings this year. According to the New York Times, the Interior Department this week said it would open 13.1 million acres of federal land for coal mining and...
Nigeria, with its landmass of 923,768 square kilometres, is endowed with various unique geologic features, holding over 44 different minerals in over 500 locations across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory. In regions such as Plateau,...
Mining is an industry built on movement, with conveyor belts providing the basis for ore transportation from one cog in the value chain to the next. When belts reach the end of their service life, the question of what to do with them has, until now, been met with few...
In the push to optimise every element of mine site performance, some of the most transformative innovations are emerging from the most overlooked corners of operations. Tyre management, long seen as a reactive, manual, and often fragmented process, is undergoing...
The world’s biggest gold miner, Newmont, has appointed Natascha Viljoen as its new president and chief executive officer, effective January 1, 2026. Viljoen will succeed Tom Palmer, who has served as CEO since 2019. Palmer will step down from Newmont’s board of...
