Author: Business Enquirer
As a joint venture with Galiano Gold, Inc. and Gold Fields, Ltd., the Asanko Gold Mine is located in Ghana and boasts significant profitability due to its resources. The Asanko Gold mine is a multi-deposit complex with two primary resources: Nkran and Esaase. In addition, there are also multiple satellite deposits, as the location is situated along the Asankrangwa Gold Belt. As a wealthy region of Ghana known for its precious metal deposits, Galiano’s investment has proved to be promising since its inception. In January of 2016, the gold production commenced at this vital site in Ghana. However, it wouldn’t…
CMC Networks future-proofs networking and connectivity against industry challenges Once arbitrary terms such as “remote work”, “unmute”, and “Zooming” have become par for the course in the new normal landscape. With the rise of concepts such as these, it comes as no surprise the telecommunications industry fared better during the COVID-19 pandemic than many other sectors, even withstanding the global supply disturbances. Gone are the days when networking was merely a ticket logged with a specialist hidden away behind the doors of the IT department. It has become a critical part of everyday life in the family, social, and work…
South African iKhokha is a fintech company that develops digital tools to help entrepreneurs start, run and grow their businesses. The aim of the company is ambitious yet simple: to accelerate entrepreneurship in South Africa by making it easier for anyone to run their business. Headquartered in Umhlanga, the fastest growing wealth market in South Africa, iKhokha wasco-founded by Matt Putman, Ramsay Daly, and Clive Putman in 2012 with a view to redefiningthe way SMEs do business through mobile innovation. The mission was to develop anddeliver business tools that anyone can use to thrive in business. “We have just celebrated…
UK-headquartered Altilium Group is set to take an active part in the global transition to electric vehicles, providing several of the key metals needed by the industry, generated in an environmentally friendly manner that will help local communities. As demand for electric vehicles (EVs) increases, so will demand for the metals needed to manufacture lithium-ion batteries, especially nickel. UK-headquartered Altilium Group may provide an answer to this increased demand with its unique metal extraction process. Although the company was established in the UK in 2019, its operating business has a much longer heritage, dating back to 2008 when it initially…
The extractive industries are typified by periods of boom and bust. For every gold rush, there comes a period when the mines dry up and the prospectors leave town. However, the past few years have been far more challenging for businesses around the world – not just those involved with getting shiny rocks out of the ground – than could ever have been imagined. But one mining company has been managing to buck the trend. SilverCrest Metals, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, has not only managed to develop new mining sites in Mexico during a global pandemic and with supply…
AudioMob was founded to help developers monetise their games through non-interrupting audio ads. Today, with $14 million in funding recently secured frominvestors such as Google and others, the company is one of the fastest growing in-gameaudio companies globally. AudioMob is a completely new way to monetise mobile games – it offers non-intrusive audioads that can be listened to in-game and can greatly increase player retention, generate betterreviews, all while providing developers with monetisation. Built from the ground up bydevelopers, for developers, AudioMob strives to offer a simple, elegant alternative to standardadverts. This is the company’s own description of its core…
Ontario-based NSS Canada, a provider of reliable, accurate and innovative survey equipment solutions for the mining and other sectors, is set to expand its business, offering smart technologies that improve safety and efficiency. While mining companies have been slow to consider how digital transformation might alter the future of work, Covid-19 has pushed them to evolve their way of thinking. As the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel seems to appear in the distance, mining leaders have an opportunity to avoid falling back into conventional ways of working. Instead, they can chart a new path and embed recent…
As the key pillar of Papua New Guinea’s economic growth, mining accounts for around 26% of the national GDP and almost 90% of all export revenue, the vast majority of which comes from gold and copper exports to the tune of over US$3billion annually. Alongside gold and copper, Papua New Guinea is also known for its extraction of silver, nickel and cobalt, and an increasing number of large-scale mining operations have spread around the country to tap PNGs mineral riches. Of these, the largest and wealthiest of these operations is the Ok Tedi mine. Located near the source of the…
Grinding Solutions Ltd (GSL): Pioneering Mineral Testing Grinding Solutions Ltd (GSL), an international mineral processing consultancy and laboratory testing facility, stands stronger than ever before. In the wake of the global pandemic, GSL has boosted its capabilities through a recent investment, ready to meet the evolving market requirements. Founded in 2002, GSL started as a consultancy focused on comminution and has since expanded to offer a full range of mineral processing solutions. The company has developed a strong reputation as a global leader in fine and ultra-fine grinding and ceramic grinding media evaluation. Today, GSL provides services across the entire…
“Yes, it was a shock in many directions and on many levels,” says Gopal Paripally, Global VP of Engineering and Technology at Johnson Controls over a Zoom call about his relocation to the United States from India when he was in his twenties and his experiences since. Paripally is smartly dressed in a light blue shirt, one button undone. His office in Boston, on America’s east coast, is clean and organized but sparsely decorated. “Obviously, my social and work life were all disrupted,” he continues, “because the culture here is quite different. My family members moved here shortly after but,…