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COORDINATOR, ERT | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KALUMBILA, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA 1 Mining Careers Mining in Zambia 

COORDINATOR, ERT | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KALUMBILA, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA

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Requisition Number: JR4208| Country: Zambia | Contract Type: On-going| Location: Solwezi | Category: Healthy & Safety Apply now PURPOSE To assist in conducting professional and proactive emergency response training as well as Implementation of Emergency Response and fire operating procedures. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Ensure established company Emergency Response practices and procedures are upheld. Undertake Fire risk assessments before commencement of works as required. Prepare Training programme on a monthly basis and report progress. Update all fire inspection records and procedures on the site. Ensure all regular fire inspections across the site are done within the scope Maintain emergency preparedness and… Read More Here
The future of mining: How do we ensure technology is embraced? 2 Equipment & Technology Mining technology 

The future of mining: How do we ensure technology is embraced?

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In order to make mining operations fit for the 21st century, they need to overcome certain bottlenecks by embracing technologies that can make them safer and more efficient while reducing their overall impact on the environment. Recently Hogan Lovells, in collaboration with Africa Legal, surveyed more than 400 professionals across the mining community and interviewed some of the world’s leading mining experts on the future of mining. This resulted in the publication of three reports, the third of which focuses on technology. The influence of technology on the future of mining… Read More Here
Sandvik buys ICAM Technologies 3 Equipment & Technology International Mining technology 

Sandvik buys ICAM Technologies

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Mining equipment supplier Sandvik has signed an agreement to acquire Canada-based ICAM Technologies, a solution provider that translates CAM data into optimised coding for guiding CNC machining operations. Sandvik said the acquisition would enable it to provide more productive solutions within the component manufacturing process. It said that ICAM’s software combines post-processing, machine simulation and tool path optimisation into solutions that programming and part machining time. The software is complementary with the verification and optimisation technology of CGTech, a global leader in software for numerical simulation, verification and optimising, also… Read More Here
Copper price rises as markets assess omicron variant impact 4 Copper International 

Copper price rises as markets assess omicron variant impact

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The copper price rose on Monday, recouping some of last week’s losses fuelled by the newly identified coronavirus variant, with markets trying to gauge its severity and its possible impact on economic recovery. Copper for delivery in March was up 2% on the Comex market in New York, touching $4.38 per pound ($9,636 per tonne).  The most-traded January copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange fell 1.2% to 70 230 yuan a tonne, tracking Friday’s sell-off in London. The World Health Organisation warned that deciding the severity level of the omicron variant… Read More Here
DRC: among mining products, only tin and tantalum are up this week from November 29 to December 4, 2021 5 Copper Cobalt Mining in DRC Tin 

DRC: among mining products, only tin and tantalum are up this week from November 29 to December 4, 2021

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Export mining products from the Democratic Republic of the Congo show a downward trend this week from November 29 to December 4, 2021, according to projections by experts from the National Mercury Commission of the Ministry of Foreign Trade. Only tin is up this week at $ 39,655.00 per tonne versus $ 38,968.00 per tonne last week, showing a positive price spread of $ 687. Copper is down this week at $ 9,603.40 per tonne from $ 9,803.30 per tonne last week, a negative price spread of $ 199.9. Cobalt… Read More Here
Gold rises as Omicron fears offset strength in dollar 6 Gold International 

Gold rises as Omicron fears offset strength in dollar

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Gold prices edged higher on Monday as concerns over the impact of the Omicron coronavirus variant offset a stronger dollar, with investors assessing whether the emergence of the variant could change the U.S. Federal Reserve’s hawkish stance. Spot gold rose 0.2% to $1,794.87 per ounce by 0646 GMT, while U.S. gold futures advanced 0.5% to $1,794.20. With new cases of the Omicron variant found in the Netherlands, Denmark and Australia, more countries imposed travel restrictions to try to seal themselves off.  “Given the uncertainty around whether this new variant is… Read More Here
lithium-ion battery factory estimated at 39 million USD in the DRC against 112 million USD in China 7 Battery Metals Lithium Mining in DRC 

lithium-ion battery factory estimated at 39 million USD in the DRC against 112 million USD in China

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In a study released during DRC AFRICA BUSINESS FORUM, BloombergNef argues that the Democratic Republic of the Congo could leverage its abundant cobalt resources and hydroelectric power to become a low-cost, low-emission producer country. lithium-ion battery cathode precursors. The research paper estimates that it would cost $ 39 million to build a 10,000 metric tonne cathode precursor plant in the DRC. That’s three times cheaper than a similar factory in the United States would cost, whereas if it was built in China or Poland, it would cost $ 112 million… Read More Here
DRC: South Kivu mining companies owe USD 12 million to the tax authorities for non-payment of annual surface rights 8 Mining Companies Mining in DRC 

DRC: South Kivu mining companies owe USD 12 million to the tax authorities for non-payment of annual surface rights

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The Minister of Mines, Antoinette  N’SAMBA KALAMBAYI , presented to the Council of Ministers on Friday, November 26, 2021, the Mid-term report on the level of execution of the instructions of the President of the Republic, Head of State, relating to to the fight against mining fraud in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  From this report, five points emerge, including the list of mining companies that owe USD 12 million to the tax authorities for non-payment of annual surface rights.  Here, by way of illustration, these five points of the report on… Read More Here
Copper price sinks as new covid variant spooks markets 9 Copper International 

Copper price sinks as new covid variant spooks markets

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Copper prices and other industrial metals slid on Friday as a new and possibly vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant found in South Africa shook market sentiment. Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) shed 2.9% to $9,474 per tonne in official trading. Copper for delivery in March was down 3.9% on the Comex market in New York, touching $4.28 per pound ($9,416 per tonne).  LME aluminium lost 4.2% to $2,601 a tonne, zinc shed 3.1% to $3,197, lead was down 0.4% to $2,261, tin eased 0.5% to $38,600 while nickel ceded 3.7% to… Read More Here
Lubumbashi university scientific breakthrough 10 Corporate social responsibility Mineral Processing Mining in DRC Mining technology 

Lubumbashi university scientific breakthrough

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Kinsevere’s environmental monitoring samples will no longer have to leave the Congo for analysis. In fact a testing solution is within very close reach now that the University of Lubumbashi (UNILU) environmental analysis laboratory is the first in the Congo to receive certification, overseen by the Southern African Development Community Accreditation Service. Patrick Nkulu, Kinsevere Deputy General Manager Operations and General Manager representative, attended the official accreditation certificate ceremony. He praised the local scientific community’s capabilities. “This accreditation, of the now leading environmental analysis laboratory in the Congo, bolsters local… Read More Here

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