ARCADIA Minerals has doubled the mineral resource estimate (MRE) for its Swanson tantalum project, in Namibia. Arcadia on Friday told shareholders that a revision of the 2021 MRE had delivered a new indicated and inferred resource of 2.59 million tonnes, an increase of 115%, at an average grade of 486Continue Reading
Last week, the biannual Namibia Genetics Auction Group’s event, which was hosted at the Agra Bank Windhoek Ring in Windhoek, saw participating farmers achieve an average price of above N$60,000 for bulls and close to N$30,000 for heifers and cows. The auction facilitated the sale of 91 cattle, comprising 43Continue Reading
Tami Itembu, Public and Government Affairs at ExxonMobil and Production Namibia has said that the entity is still behind in its oil exploration and hopes that the government would offer the company more time to pursue oil. “ExxonMobil is kind of behind. It is still early in the game inContinue Reading
NAMPORT CEO, Andrew Kanime has clarified that new container terminal will not be sold but the Authority is only considering concessioning the N$4.2 billion terminal which was commissioned in recent years, Business Express understands. Concessioning is the process whereby an asset, owned by the public sector, is availed for operationContinue Reading
PANELISTS at the just ended the fourth edition of the Namibia International Energy Conference in Windhoek have told Namibia not to be apologetic about using oil and gas to anchor its industrialisation agenda. Moderated by African Energy Chamber Executive Chairman, NJ Ayuk, speakers during the panel included Tom Alweendo, MinisterContinue Reading
Namibia has been ranked 59th out of 84 jurisdictions surveyed in the Fraser Institute Annual Survey of Mining Companies 2021, seen as a benchmark of a country or region’s attractiveness to mining investment. The ranking is one of Namibia’s lowest ever and compares with 52nd out of 77 in 2020Continue Reading
Minister of Industrialisation and Trade Lucia Iipumbu has said that the region needs to guard and covet its natural active ingredients sector against undue exploitation, which is the bedrock of both the pharmaceutical and cosmetics sector. Speaking at the SACU ministerial investment roundtable last week, Iipumbu highlighted that efforts areContinue Reading
THE national weighted average house price ended the year 2021 at N$1 181 225, down from N$1 240 943 in 2020, the FNB residential property price index reveals. The index posted a 12-month average growth of 7.1% at the end of 2021 from 10.4% at the end of the priorContinue Reading
The Executive Secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Elias M. Magosi, on 07th April 2022, paid a courtesy call on Hage Geingob, President of the Republic of Namibia, and Incoming Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, at State House in Windhoek, Namibia. TheContinue Reading
AIM-listed AfriTin Mining has released its five-year growth strategy, which includes enlarging its footprint in Namibia through existing operations and new mining locations. The company also plans on developing multiple technology metals concentrates, with plans to produce lithium, tantalum and tungsten alongside tin. AfriTin will ramp up its tin concentrateContinue Reading
