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Underground electric haulage comes full circle as Epiroc, ABB & Boliden announce battery trolley project at Kristineberg

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 admin

There is a long underground trolley haul heritage in mining that really took shape at the Kiruna iron ore mine in Sweden in the 1950s after which the Kiruna Trucks are named, then continued at sites like Zinkgruvan, also in Sweden, and which can also be seen in the industry with the trolley trucks still operating at Vale’s Coleman and Creighton nickel mines in Canada. These were mainly 50 t class trucks. The Kiruna Trucks are electric trolley trucks – originally a DC design which was later converted to AC… Read More Here

Copper Cobalt Mining in DRC

Ivanhoe’s Friedland expects foreign migration to Congo’s “higher grade” copper mines

October 12, 2021October 17, 2021 admin

THE Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is “the Saudi Arabia of copper, cobalt and hydroelectric generation potential”, according to Robert Friedland, the executive co-chairman of Ivanhoe Mines which started production from its Kamoa-Kakula copper mine in the DRC in May this year. Taking part in a panel discussion at the FT Mining Summit, Friedland said that it was “blatantly obvious” more foreign mining companies were going to invest in the DRC because it was “the logical place to mine”. Turning to the latest regulatory developments in the country, Friedland commented: “We… Read More Here

Mining Careers Mining in Zambia

LABORATORY ANALYST | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KALUMBILA, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 admin

Requisition Number: JR3890| Country: Zambia | Contract Type: On-going| Location: Solwezi | Category: Process Apply now Overall Job Purpose: To perform different types of analysis on all Plant control, Environmental, Metallurgical, Oil samples, InterLab and Daily metal sale samples as per laid down procedures so as to provide quality control operations and provide a satisfactory service to the user department. Specific Job Responsibilities: This position will be required to adhere to all relevant requirements, policies, procedures and legal regulations pertaining to health, safety, environment and quality, as well as finance, human resources, and any other regulations as required… Read More Here

Mining Careers Mining in Zambia

CHEF | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KALUMBILA, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 admin

Requisition Number: JR3897| Country: Zambia | Contract Type: On-going| Location: Solwezi | Category: Services Apply now Overall Job Purpose Responsible for provision of culinary expertise to create appetizing dishes for customers while ensuring food quality and maintaining kitchen equipment Specific Job Responsibilities Ensure that quality and presentable food is prepared to satisfy all customers Responsible for creating menus Help with setting up the food-servicing area Event co-coordinating and food servicing whenever necessary Ensure compliance with all health and safety regulations within the kitchen area Any other tasks as may be delegated upon by the supervisor Job Specific Competencies… Read More Here

Mining Careers Mining in Zambia

MINING ENGINEER | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KALUMBILA, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 admin

Requisition Number: JR3889| Country: Zambia | Contract Type: Fixed Term| Location: Solwezi | Category: Mining Apply now Purpose of the role: The Mining Engineer is responsible and accountable for delivering and controlling a short term mine plan that is in line with the medium term plan including Dumps, Projects and services planning. This includes any mine design requirement. Key Duties and Responsibilities: Mine production scheduling and alignment to the medium term plan to achieve desired outcomes Short term waste dump design changes from life of mine designs Dump scheduling, inspection and alignment to the medium term plan to… Read More Here

Copper Cobalt Drilling Mining in DRC

Red Rock completes RC drill programme at Luanshimba

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 admin

Natural resource development company Red Rock Resources has completed a reverse circulation (RC) drill programme at the Luanshimba copper/cobalt project in the Haut-Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Luanshimba project is operated by Red Rock Galaxy, an 80%-owned Congolese subsidiary of Red Rock. Three prospects were drilled, at Kilembwe South, Kilembwe East and Bukulu. There were 2 763 samples, including quality assurance or quality control samples prepared at ALS Global’s preparation laboratory before sending in batches to the ALS laboratory in South Africa for analysis. The majority of assay results have been received, but those from… Read More Here

Mining in DRC

DRC – Mines: Minister launces the SICOMINES Contract evolution and signs memo with the with United Arab Emirates.

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 admin

The Minister of Mines, Antoinette N’Samba Kalambayi signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation between the DRC and the United Arab Emirates in the mining sector. It was during his stay, from September 29 to October 1 in Abu Dhabi, at the invitation of the Minister of Energy and Infrastructure of the United Arab Emirates, Suhahil Mohamed Al Marzouel, sources from the Ministry of Mines reveal. As soon as she returned home, she launched the evaluation of the SICOMINES contract. Through this document, the emphasis was placed on sincere cooperation between the… Read More Here

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Mining Cadastre Register currently has 1,901 Exploration Permits, 223 forfeited for non-payment of rights-DRC

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 admin

During the meeting of the Council of Ministers last Friday, Antoinette N’Samba Kalambayi, Minister of Mines, reported that the Mining Cadastre Register counts, as of September 21, 2021, a total of 1,901 Exploration Permits, of which 223 have expired. for non-payment of surface rights (fiscal year 2021), 156 forfeited and 774 active research permits. She recalled that any exploration permit confers on its holder the right to carry out exclusively research work and not exploitation work, within its perimeter. Moreover, the holder is required to pay the annual surface rights; to present… Read More Here

Mining in DRC

DRC: economic growth stands at 5.3% at the end of 2021 and remains driven by the mining sector (Governor BCC)

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 admin

In her communication during the 23rd meeting of the Council of Ministers, the Governor of the Central Bank of Congo (BCC), Malangu Kabedi Mbuyi, indicated that economic growth remains mainly driven by the mining sector and it stands at 5 , 3% at the end of 2021. “The goods and services market remained stable with an annual cumulative inflation of 3.39% at the end of September 2021 while it was around 14% in 2020”, notes the report of the Council of Ministers . The foreign exchange market remained broadly stable,… Read More Here

Energy Mining in DRC

Hydro project set to boost green credentials of giant DRC copper complex

October 8, 2021October 8, 2021 admin

While Kamoa Copper, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is on track to become the second-largest copper mining complex globally, and the biggest in Africa, it is also poised to be among the greenest of copper mines. This is largely on the back of the project being completely powered by hydroelectricity, and the intention to implement a switchover to electric mining vehicles, Kamoa Copper CEO Mark Farren tells Engineering News & Mining Weekly. Kamoa Copper, in the Kolwezi copper district of the DRC’s Lualaba province, is a joint venture between Ivanhoe (39.6%), Zijin… Read More Here