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Metso Outotec launches Horizontal Mill Plant

December 1, 2021January 21, 2022 admin

Metso Outotec will launch Horizontal Mill Plant Units as part of its efforts to improve its customers’ efficiency and cut carbon emissions. The company said the pre-engineered plant units provide optimised grinding performance and simplify project management through easy circuit selection and flowsheet implementation. Additionally, they ensure safe operability and maintainability, which the company attributed to their “state-of-the-art design.” The company explained that the plant units would feature “industry-leading technologies, including grinding mills, slurry pumps, hydrocyclones, conveying equipment, automation, and service support. Fernando Marques, global product manager at Metso Outotec,… Read More Here

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Copper under pressure on Omicron uncertainty

November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 admin

Copper prices came under pressure on Tuesday due to worries about the Omicron coronavirus variant and its impact on demand and growth, but above consensus manufacturing data from top consumer China and low stocks limited the losses. Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange traded down 0.8% at $9,505 a tonne in official rings. “While the severity of the new variant remains a big uncertainty, it casts a shadow over demand growth in the near future and further complicates the supply chain,” said ING analyst Wenyu Yao. “For most LME metals,… Read More Here

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What do next year’s changes to the mining tax regime actually mean for Zambians?

November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 admin

Making Zambia a more attractive destination for investment is the number one shared priority of Zambia’s brightest financial brains. Investment in the country’s mining sector, in particular, has the enormous potential of putting Zambia back on a growth trajectory, with the direct economic benefits from new and expanded mining operations second only to the economic multiplier effects that can support and sustain generations of upwardly mobile Zambians, when the environment is right. Experts agree: Harnessing the potential of this critical sector requires that Zambia urgently implement global best practices, without… Read More Here

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ARTISAN, AIR CONDITIONING-AUTO ELECTRICAL | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KALUMBILA, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA

November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 admin

Requisition Number: JR4183| Country: Zambia | Contract Type: On-going| Location: Solwezi | Category: Engineering Apply now Job Purpose To safely execute all maintenance repairs on all heavy equipment on site according to the prescribed standards while ensuring the safety of self and others Responsibilities Responsible for installing, inspecting, Maintaining and repairing air-conditioning and ventilating equipment. Design controls to make sure that air-conditioning and ventilating equipment operate efficiently and continuously. Perform regular maintenance work on cooling units. Diagnose electrical and mechanical defects and malfunctions Using tools and testing instruments. Install, replace or repair equipment that has been damaged due to… Read More Here

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

November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 admin

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

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

November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 admin

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

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Sandvik buys ICAM Technologies

November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 admin

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

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Copper price rises as markets assess omicron variant impact

November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 admin

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

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

November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 admin

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

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Gold rises as Omicron fears offset strength in dollar

November 29, 2021November 29, 2021 admin

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