Bell Geospace and Botswana Geoscience Institute (BGI) have announced the launch of a new Mineral Prospectivity Mapping project. The announcement was formally made at the Africa Mining Summit 2020 held on September 15-16, 2020. The parties, delegates and stakeholders at the summit participated virtually through internet communications platforms.

Climate change and Environmental Social Governance (ESG) will transform the energy industry risk landscape, according to Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW), a leading global advisory, broking, and solutions company, at the launch of its annual Mining Risk Review. This transformation is taking place against the backdrop of the impact of both the COVID-19 pandemic and a rapidly hardening global insurance marketplace.

As open-pit mines reach their economic end of life, mine owners are considering the viability of transitioning their open-cast mining operations to underground.

Bucking global economic trends, mineral processing equipment specialist Multotec has opened a new, larger manufacturing facility in China to meet growing demand.

 “Viruses don’t discriminate, people do.” A powerful HIV-related slogan that reminds us that we are all at risk of contracting COVID-19, regardless of our gender, race, age, abilities, or social standing. Yet, we still tend to stigmatise those affected by the virus, labelling them as being ‘high-risk’, ‘infected’ or ‘victims’. This us versus them mentality segregates families, communities, and countries, undermining all efforts to prevent and treat COVID-19.