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OPERATOR, KOMATSU 860/960 RIGID HAUL TRUCK | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KALUMBILA, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA 1 Mining Careers Mining in Zambia 

OPERATOR, KOMATSU 860/960 RIGID HAUL TRUCK | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KALUMBILA, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA

Requisition Number: JR4444| Country: Zambia | Contract Type: On-going| Location: Solwezi | Category: Mining Apply now Purpose of Role Reporting to the Area Supervisor, the 860/960 Operator is responsible for the safe and efficient operation of the Haul Truck to haul material to designated locations. Specific Job Responsibility The specific tasks to be performed by the position holder will include; Conduct pre start and post inspection of a Truck. Ensuring that the house keeping of the truck is maintained to good standard Ensuring that the truck operation KPIs are being achieved in a safe manner Report any machine defects… Read More Here
ARTISAN FITTER | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KALUMBILA, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA 2 Mining Careers Mining in Zambia 

ARTISAN FITTER | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KALUMBILA, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA

Requisition Number: JR4394| Country: Zambia | Contract Type: On-going| Location: Solwezi | Category: Mining Apply now Purpose of the role: The position of the fitter is to maximize plant availability through, maintaining the operational integrity of the plant & equipment in order to achieve production targets. Reporting directly to the Mechanical Supervisor, you shall be responsible for providing the highest quality services and that all services provided are performed within a safe and timely manner​. Key Duties and Responsibilities: Perform all plant maintenance tasks in a safe, timely and to a high quality and preventing any rework. Be a… Read More Here
Liangang Li appointed as MMG interim CEO & Executive Director 4 Mining in DRC Mining Personality 

Liangang Li appointed as MMG interim CEO & Executive Director

MMG is pleased to announce that Mr Liangang Li has been appointed as interim Chief Executive Officer and an Executive Director of the Company. Mr Jerry Jiao will also return to the position of Chairman, a post he held from August 2014 to February 2017. Both Jerry and Liangang bring extensive industry experience and were directors at the beginning of MMG almost 12 years ago, with Jerry also a former chair and CEO. Liangang, has been on the executive team of the Company for the last two years and before on… Read More Here
Red Rock receives payment order for VUP project 5 Cobalt Copper Mining in DRC 

Red Rock receives payment order for VUP project

Natural resource development company Red Rock Resources has obtained an order from the Commercial Court in Lubumbashi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), instructing VUP SA, the company’s joint venture (JV) partner in the VUP project, to pay $2.5-million as a principal amount to Red Rock. The company’s claim for interest and damages of $11-million was heard on January 6, with a judgment expected within eight days. As announced in 2019, Red Rock, through its local subsidiary had signed a JV agreement with VUP formalising a JV over certain… Read More Here
Central Copper expands DRC copper portfolio 6 Copper Mining in DRC 

Central Copper expands DRC copper portfolio

UK-headquartered Central Copper Resources (CCR) has acquired 100% ownership of Titan Mining & Exploration, which holds 78% of the Kayeye project, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The project entails a licence area of 231 km2, adjacent to TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines’ Kamoa-Kakula project. CCR says the acquisition adds to the company’s exploration potential for new copper discoveries, since it also has a 65% interest in Comilu, in the DRC, which owns the prefeasibility-level Mbamba Kilenda project and 12 additional licences covering 80 km of prospective strike. The company also… Read More Here
Copper price slips as dollar firms after Fed minutes 7 Copper International 

Copper price slips as dollar firms after Fed minutes

Copper price fell on Thursday as the dollar firmed after the US Federal Reserve’s signaled that may raise interest rates sooner than expected. The Fed at its December meeting began plans to start cutting the amount of bonds it is holding, with members saying that a reduction in the balance sheet likely will start sometime after the central bank begins raising interest rates. “A very tight job market and unabated inflation might require the Fed to raise interest rates sooner than expected,” policymakers said, fuelling expectations of a rate hike in March.… Read More Here
Trigon produces first concentrate at Kombat mine in Namibia 8 Copper 

Trigon produces first concentrate at Kombat mine in Namibia

Trigon Metals (TSXV: TM) has succeeded in restarting copper and silver concentrate production at the Kombat mine in Namibia, placing the project on track to meet commercial production targets by March. The restarted plant is expected to produce 4,000 tonnes of copper concentrate in 2022, and the achievement represents a significant de-risking of the mine. “A functioning mill is the primary technical hurdle in a mine’s operation, and that hurdle has been overcome at Kombat,” CEO Jed Richardson said in a news release. Teams worked through the holiday period to… Read More Here
Cobalt industry to get a big boost from the shift to a green economy – report 9 Cobalt International Mining in DRC 

Cobalt industry to get a big boost from the shift to a green economy – report

The global cobalt supply chain is set to remain highly geographically concentrated in the coming years — in the DRC for mine production and in China for refining — which will likely pose procurement challenges for battery manufacturers, market analyst Fitch Solutions finds in its latest industry report. Yet the global cobalt industry is set to receive a significant boost from the worldwide shift to a green economy, Fitch says, as the ferromagnetic blue metal is a key component of rechargeable batteries and valued for its stability, hardness, anti-corrosion and high-temperature resistance characteristics. Used… Read More Here
Zambia: UPND Government to find competent investor to take over KCM- Mines Minister 10 Mining Companies Mining in Zambia 

Zambia: UPND Government to find competent investor to take over KCM- Mines Minister

Minister of Mines and Minerals Development, Paul Kabuswe has said that the UPND Government will find a competent investor, to take over Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) on the Copperbelt once the liquidation process of the mine comes to an end. Addressing KCM workers, who wrote a petition to President Hakainde Hichilema, Mr. Kabuswe said consultations are underway on which investor will take over the mining giant. The Mines Minister said Government is aware of the operational challenges that resulted in ruining the welfare of thousands of workers and their families.… Read More Here

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