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Babcock has appointed Deon de Kock as Chief Executive for Africa, effective January 2026, bringing more than 30 years of executive experience across the mining, engineering, industrial and energy sectors to one of the continent’s most established engineering and support services businesses. De Kock succeeds Roger O’Callaghan, who led Babcock …

The end of South Africa’s loadshedding era has not reduced demand for standby power as it has raised the bar for how that power is deployed. Across the African continent, businesses are moving from reactive emergency backup to a more sophisticated, integrated approach to energy resilience and the market is …

One of the world’s leading commodity trading groups has made its first move in Ghana’s gold sector, signing an offtake agreement and providing $65 million in debt financing to support the restart of one of West Africa’s most historically significant gold operations. Trafigura has agreed to purchase 700,000 ounces of …

The impending expiration of the Damang Mine lease is being handled with a level of transparency and regulatory rigour that industry watchdogs say sets a new standard for mineral rights governance in Ghana. Lands and Mines Watch Ghana has commended Minister for Lands and Natural Resources Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah for …

HONG KONG – In the high-stakes world of global industrial commodities, few figures have reshaped the landscape as decisively, or as quietly, as Zhang Bo. Since taking the helm of China Hongqiao Group from his father in 2019, Mr. Zhang has transformed one of the world’s largest aluminum producers into an …

UMOE Advanced Composites (UAC), a global supplier of large Type IV glass fibre pressure gas storage and transportation modules, has reached a key operational milestone with the first composite cylinders rolling off the production line at its new manufacturing facility in Jiaxing, marking the start of industrial production at the …

Few foreign investors have shaped Ghana’s modern mining landscape as decisively as Newmont Corporation. Over nearly two decades of operations, the American mining giant has moved from exploration partner to one of the country’s largest taxpayers, employers and industrial investors and it is not done yet. Newmont operates two of …

Clearer rules, stronger state participation and a deliberate push to process minerals at home, the reform agenda reshaping Africa’s mining sector is gaining momentum and the capital flows are beginning to follow. Liberia is among the most active movers, preparing to introduce a new Mining Code within the next three …