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Gold back above $1 800-mark on firmer investment demand 1 Gold International 

Gold back above $1 800-mark on firmer investment demand

Gold prices firmed above the key $1 800-level on Tuesday as investment demand strengthened, with a weak US dollar and Treasury yields offering further support. Spot gold rose 0.6% to $1 806.32 per ounce by 10:38 GMT. US gold futures climbed 0.6% to $1 807.40. A weaker dollar is helping gold along with “good uptake yesterday on the ETF side that took us through the magic $1 800 level,” independent analyst Ross Norman said. Holdings of the world’s largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, SPDR Gold Trust, rose to the highest levels since mid-August on… Read More Here
Sandvik to Upgrade EL Teniente in Two Phases 2 Equipment & Technology Mining technology 

Sandvik to Upgrade EL Teniente in Two Phases

Sandvik will deploy its AutoMine load and haul technology to Codelco’s El Teniente mine in Chile in two phases between 2022 and 2027 as part of a broader automation and digitalisation upgrade. The first phase, to take place between 2022 and 2023, will see Codelco receiving two Toro TH663i trucks and two Sandvik LH514 loaders, as well as an AutoMine Fleet system capable of being scaled to support up to 16 machines and production hardware over several years. Additionally, the first phase of the order, which includes support contracts for… Read More Here
OPEN PIT MINING PROJECT IN LOWER ZAMBEZI NATIONAL PARK TO GO AHEAD UNDER STRICT ADHERENCE TO ZEMA SET MEASURES 3 Mining in Zambia 

OPEN PIT MINING PROJECT IN LOWER ZAMBEZI NATIONAL PARK TO GO AHEAD UNDER STRICT ADHERENCE TO ZEMA SET MEASURES

Government says the embattled open pit mining project in the heart of the Lower Zambezi National Park will go ahead but under strict adherence to measures set by the Zambia Environmental Management Agency-ZEMA- to limit damage to the environment to a minimum. Green Economy and Environment Minister Collins Nzovu tells Phoenix News that with the whole process exhausted and the courts dismissing an appeal to stop the proposed large scale open-pit mine for want of prosecution, government is only left with the option of monitoring the situation and to ensure… Read More Here
Debswana annual diamond sales jump 64% 4 International 

Debswana annual diamond sales jump 64%

Sales of rough diamonds by Debswana Diamond Company jumped 64% in 2021, statistics released by the Bank of Botswana showed on Monday, driven by the reopening of key global consumer markets. The total value of Debswana’s diamond exports stood at $3.466-billion in 2021 compared with $2.120-billion in 2020, the central bank data showed. Debswana, a joint venture between Anglo American unit De Beers and Botswana’s government, sells 75% of its output to De Beers with the balance taken up by the state-owned Okavango Diamond Company. Debswana sales fell by 30%… Read More Here
Cobalt outlook bullish through 2022 and beyond, ERG CEO says 5 Cobalt International Mining in DRC 

Cobalt outlook bullish through 2022 and beyond, ERG CEO says

The situation in the global cobalt market is such that prices could climb to new highs through 2022 and beyond, according to the chief executive officer of diversified mining company Eurasian Resources Group (ERG). Benedikt Sobotka said that the surging price of the metal, which rose by 119% in 2021, was giving a very clear message: the market is severely short of cobalt, a key ingredient in the batteries that power electric vehicles (EVs). There were no discernible signs of any fundamental easing, he said, and prices remained on an… Read More Here
World: 2021 ended with rising gold demand (WGC) 6 Gold International 

World: 2021 ended with rising gold demand (WGC)

Global demand for gold for the whole of 2021 has seen an increase, reaching 4,021 tons, according to the World Gold Council (WGC) report published on January 28, 2022. In this report, it is specified that demand has recovered a large part of the losses linked to the health crisis in 2020. World Gold Council notes, in the same report, the drop in gold consumption levels around the world in the first half of 2021 and the chain, the following three months, also with a drop. The report states that… Read More Here
DRC: with an estimated production of 75,277.39 tonnes between 2015 and 2019, cassiterite generated revenues of USD 457.6 million 7 Mining in DRC 

DRC: with an estimated production of 75,277.39 tonnes between 2015 and 2019, cassiterite generated revenues of USD 457.6 million

The production of cassiterite in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), for the period between 2015 and 2019, amounts to 75,277.39 tons, informs the directory of statistics of the Mining sector of the DRC, edition 2020. According to this report from the Ministry of Mines, this production generated revenues of around 457,623,437.96 million US dollars. Data from the statistics directory show that this production is estimated at 75,277.39 tonnes. As for their distribution, it is indicated that in 2015, the production of cassiterite amounted to 8,303.59 tons for exports of… Read More Here
Africa: With a new acquisition of a 15% stake in Orca Gold, Perseus Mining expands its gold footprint in the continent 8 Gold 

Africa: With a new acquisition of a 15% stake in Orca Gold, Perseus Mining expands its gold footprint in the continent

Perseus Mining, a mining company that owns several gold mines in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, announced on Monday, January 31, 2022, the signing of an agreement with Resolute Mining to acquire its 15% interest in the company. Canadian company Orca Gold, active in Sudan on the Block 14 gold project and owning shares in the Koné gold project, in Côte d’Ivoire. According to a press release posted on its website, Perseus Mining announces that the amount of the transaction is estimated at 17.5 million Canadian dollars (13.7 million USD). In… Read More Here
Gemfields increases full-year production, sales 9 Gemstones Mining in Zambia 

Gemfields increases full-year production, sales

Gemstone miner Gemfields reports that by December 31, its 75%-owned Zambia-based Kagem emerald mine had produced 32.01-million carats for the year, at an average grade of 191 ct/t and ore throughput of 12.38-million tonnes, compared with the 9.38-million carats, 202 ct/t and 46.4-million tonnes achieved, respectively, in 2020. For the year, the Kagem mine’s expenditure on plant, property and equipment reached $2.27-million, and cash operating costs $32.83-million – compared with $407 000 and $21.22-million, respectively, for 2020. Online auctions held during March and April 2021 resulted in the sale 270 000 ct… Read More Here
 OPERATOR, LABORATORY X2 | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KALUMBILA, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA 10 Mining Careers Mining in Zambia 

 OPERATOR, LABORATORY X2 | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KALUMBILA, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA

Requisition Number: JR4465| Country: Zambia | Contract Type: On-going| Location: Solwezi | Category: Service Apply now Overall Job Purpose Team Leader, Laboratory will be responsible for managing and the day to day running of the concrete and soils testing laboratory. Specific Job Responsibility Team Leader, Laboratory required to perform the following tasks: Managing the team of in the concrete and soils testing lab Conducting construction materials tests on KML site. Producing materials testing reports Maintaining a database of records of tests conducted by the materials testing laboratory Communication with all stakeholders Ensuring the laboratory equipment and infrastructure is kept… Read More Here

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