Tanzania: Govt sets up mineral trading centres to curb illegal gold exports

Tanzania: Govt sets up mineral trading centres to curb illegal gold exports

Tanzania has ordered all mineral-producing regions in the East African nation to set up government-controlled trading centres by the end of June, accelerating efforts to curb illegal exports of gold and other precious minerals.

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Mozambique: Triton signs MoU for Ancuabe development

Mozambique: Triton signs MoU for Ancuabe development

Graphite developer Triton Minerals has struck a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China’s Qingdao Jinhui Graphite Company that could result in the development of the Ancuabe graphite project, in Mozambique.

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South Africa: Workers Union to protest Eskom unbundling

South Africa: Workers Union to protest Eskom unbundling

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) announced on Tuesday that it would march on the African National Congress’ (ANC’s) Luthuli House head office, in Johannesburg, on March 30 to voice its opposition to the unbundling of Eskom.

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Sustainability: “No tomorrow” for many unless consumption falls – UN

Sustainability: “No tomorrow” for many unless consumption falls – UN

Global exploitation of natural resources – from water, sand and timber to oil, coal and gemstones – has more than tripled in 50 years, the United Nations (UN) said on Tuesday, warning of devastating environmental impacts unless demand is reduced. Surging consumption of natural resources – 92-billion tonnes in 2017 – accounts for half of the world’s planet-heating greenhouse-gas emissions and over 90% of the world’s biodiversity loss, the Global Resources Outlook 2019 found. If…

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