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Sandvik eyes 2030 deadline for all-electric mining equipment 1 Equipment & Technology Mining technology 

Sandvik eyes 2030 deadline for all-electric mining equipment

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Global mining solutions provider Sandvik is optimistic that almost all of its underground mining equipment could be electric by the end of the decade With the mining industry’s focus fixed firmly on tackling operational emissions and sustainability concerns, global mining solutions provider Sandvik is full of optimism regarding its ability to deliver electric-powered equipment by 2030. The Swedish mining company’s ambitious target of the majority of its underground mining equipment being run on electricity signals a shift in the technological outlook for the sector, and the welcoming of a new, sustainable, mining… Read More Here
Cobalt-rich Congo tries to push into battery manufacturing 2 Battery Metals Cobalt Mining in DRC 

Cobalt-rich Congo tries to push into battery manufacturing

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Democratic Republic of Congo’s government said on Wednesday it would push to develop domestic battery manufacturing capacity to add value to its exports of minerals such as cobalt and copper. Congo mines around two-thirds of the world’s cobalt, an ingredient in lithium-ion batteries, and is Africa’s leading producer of copper. Demand for the minerals is rising to power electric vehicles and electronic devices. But Congo, which ranks among the world’s least developed countries, exports its minerals for only a fraction of the final cost of the batteries, which are mostly… Read More Here
HH, Tshisekedi hold talks in Kinshasa, agree to resolve trade barriers 3 Mining in Zambia Economy Mining in DRC 

HH, Tshisekedi hold talks in Kinshasa, agree to resolve trade barriers

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Zambian President His Excellency Hakainde Hichilema held very fruitful bilateral talks with His Excellency Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo in Kinshasa yesterday. Their talks centred around trade and investment and long-standing border issues between our two countries, which they agreed should be resolved harmoniously. They also agreed that trade and investment can be enhanced if they normalise border challenges. This would not only allow both countries to focus on the creation of business opportunities, but that such efforts would in turn improve livelihoods, health and education for the people of DRC… Read More Here
SAFETY COMPLIANCE OFFICER | MINING CAREERS AT BARRICK LUMWANA, ZAMBIA 4 Mining Careers 

SAFETY COMPLIANCE OFFICER | MINING CAREERS AT BARRICK LUMWANA, ZAMBIA

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Category: Operations| Requisition number: 094180| Location: Lumwana Mine, Kalumbila Zambia. | Report:  Safety Compliance Coordinator Apply now Lumwana Mining Company Limited (LMC), a copper mining company owned by Barrick Gold Corporation is situated in the North Western region of Zambia, some 300 km west of the Zambian Copperbelt and 95 km south west of the provincial capital of Solwezi. The mine is a multi-pit, multi staged operation mining approximately 100MT of ore and waste per annum and producing copper concentrates containing an average of 120,000 tonnes of copper metal per year over a twenty (20)… Read More Here
GEOLOGY TECHNICIAN | MINING CAREERS AT BARRICK LUMWANA, ZAMBIA 5 Mining Careers Mining in Zambia 

GEOLOGY TECHNICIAN | MINING CAREERS AT BARRICK LUMWANA, ZAMBIA

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Category: Project Management | Requisition number: 094184| Location: Lumwana Mine, Kalumbila Zambia. | Report: Supervisor– Mine Geology Apply now Lumwana Mining Company Limited (LMC), a copper mining company owned by Barrick Gold Corporation is situated in the Northwestern region of Zambia, some 300 km west of the Zambian Copperbelt and 95 km south west of the provincial capital of Solwezi. The mine is a multi-pit, multi staged operation mining approximately 100MT of ore and waste per annum and producing copper concentrates containing an average of 120,000 tonnes of copper metal per year over a twenty… Read More Here
MINE GEOLOGIST | MINING CAREERS AT BARRICK LUMWANA, ZAMBIA 6 Mining Careers Mining in Zambia 

MINE GEOLOGIST | MINING CAREERS AT BARRICK LUMWANA, ZAMBIA

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Category: Mine Geology | Requisition number: 094182| Location: Lumwana Mine, Kalumbila Zambia. | Report:  Coordinator Production Geology Apply now Lumwana Mining Company Limited (LMC), a copper mining company owned by Barrick Gold Corporation is situated in the Northwestern region of Zambia, some 300 km west of the Zambian Copperbelt and 95 km south west of the provincial capital of Solwezi. The mine is a multi-pit, multi staged operation mining approximately 100MT of ore and waste per annum and producing copper concentrates containing an average of 120,000 tonnes of copper metal per year over a twenty… Read More Here
DRC: Chino-dependence on cobalt, the need for a geostrategic rebalancing 7 Mining in DRC Cobalt 

DRC: Chino-dependence on cobalt, the need for a geostrategic rebalancing

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The Democratic Republic of Congo is faced with the imperative to control and capitalize the Congolese Chinese dependence on the production of Cobalt. Hence the need for this country to be able to play its role of promoting the geostrategic balance of powers while privileging its interests.  To achieve this, the analyst Engunda Ikala Alain recommends the development of this interministerial decree defining the conditions of access, exploitation and marketing of strategic minerals. This will allow the DRC to become, in the next ten years, (1) a major player in the global ecological… Read More Here
BME wins industry award for safe disposal of used oil 8 Mining technology 

BME wins industry award for safe disposal of used oil

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Omnia group company BME has been recognised by the Chemical and Allied Industries’ Association (CAIA) for its contribution to a cleaner environment – winning the CAIA Responsible Care® initiative of the year award, in the company projects: Category A segment, during an online award ceremony last week. The award was for BME’s incorporation of used oil as a base product for its emulsion explosives, removing the risk that this oil could contaminate water or soil. According to BME Managing Director (SADC) Ralf Hennecke, the initiative is part of the company’s… Read More Here
Cobalt at 61,000 USD per tonne on the international market 9 Cobalt International 

Cobalt at 61,000 USD per tonne on the international market

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The trend in the basic values ​​of export mining products from the Democratic Republic of the Congo is on the rise in the week from November 22 to 27, 2021, according to projections by experts from the National Mercurial Commission of the Ministry of Foreign Trade expensive to Jean-Lucien Bussa. Cobalt is the leading mining product showing an upward trend. A tonne of cobalt is trading this week around $ 61,232.85 versus $ 60,024.71 per tonne last week, a positive price spread of $ 1,208.14. Copper is down this week. It is… Read More Here
DRC: Zijin approves USD 769 million investment in copper smelter 10 Mining in DRC Copper Mining technology New Mining Projects 

DRC: Zijin approves USD 769 million investment in copper smelter

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Zijin Mining announced Tuesday that its board of directors has approved a $ 769 million smelter investment for its  Kamoa-Kakula  copper  project  alongside Ivanhoe Mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The company will reduce the partners’ reliance on third-party smelters to process their ore and make blister, a partially purified form of copper. The 500,000-ton-per-year direct smelter will be Africa’s largest copper smelter and one of the world’s largest single-line smelters, Ivanhoe said last week when announcing the award of the basic engineering contract to China Nerin Engineering Co. The $ 769 million,… Read More Here

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