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DRC-Lualaba:The Busanga hydroelectric plant will be launched in November 2021

September 23, 2021September 23, 2021 admin

The Busanga hydroelectric power station, located in the territory of Lubudi, chiefdom of Munanga, in the province of Lualaba, 138 km from Kolwezi, will be commissioned on November 20, 2021. The launch of this hydroelectric project, which began in November 2017, will effectively remedy the shortage of electricity at the Sino-Congolaise des Mines (SICOMINES) in its phase II of its development and the surrounding area. The total investment of the Busanga hydroelectric project amounts to USD 656 million. The total installed capacity is four turbines at 240 MW. The average annual… Read More Here

Copper Mining in DRC

DRC: 974,225.71 tonnes of copper exported at the end of August 2021 for a market value of 8.7 billion USD

September 23, 2021September 23, 2021 admin

Copper mining companies operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo exported 1 million 39,670.30 tonnes of copper at the end of August 2021, of which 65,444.60 tonnes were sold locally in the DRC and 974,225.71 tonnes were exported, according to data from the Ministry of Mines. In the 1st half of 2021, mining operators produced 871,956.36 tonnes of copper in the 1st half of 2021, including 414,130.71 tonnes in the 1st quarter and 457,825.65 tonnes in the 2nd quarter, according to the same source. Copper prices on the international… Read More Here

Mining technology Covid-19

Pandemic pushes mining industry to adopt IoT

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 admin

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a rapid increase in deployment of industrial Internet of Things (IoT) technology, with 82% of mining companies looking to upgrade at least one area of their business, according to mobile satellite communications company Inmarsat. The company’s ‘Industrial IoT in the Time of Covid-19′ study shows that 37% of the 82% reported that they had adopted an IoT project since the second quarter of 2020 and that the 18% who said they had not done plan to do so in the next two years. Additionally, 81% of mining… Read More Here

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Metso Outotec to deliver material treatment plant to Middle Eastern gold project

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 admin

Company to boost water processes at undisclosed hub. Finnish mining engineering company Metso Outotec will deliver a raw material treatment plant to a gold plant project in the Middle East. The company said the new plant will maintain the undisclosed gold plant’s process performance and efficiency. Worth approximately $11.7 million (€10 million), the new plant is part of Metso Outotec’s Planet Positive technology initiatives, the objective of which is to make operations more environmentally friendly. The plant’s system removes harmful elements, such as suspended solids, colloidal particles, dissolved compounds and… Read More Here

Mining in DRC Copper

NEW CONTRACTS AWARDED TO DICKINSON COPPERBELT SERVICE PROVIDER-DRC

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 admin

A division of Vereeniging-based furnace and industrial services provider Dickinson Group of Companies, Dickinson Copperbelt Services (DCS), has successfully established new contracts with two separate copper smelting plants in the Kolwezi district, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). “The new contracts will result in DCS’ new service offerings being used, such as acid plant sludge spillage recovery, acid plant refractory repairs and corrosion control that includes acid linings,” says Dickinson Group international operations director Dean du Plessis. He says the offerings will help to reduce the risk of ground… Read More Here

Mining Careers Mining in Zambia

CONDITION MONITORING ENGINEER | MINING CAREERS AT BARRICK LUMWANA, ZAMBIA

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 admin

Category: condition monitoring engineer| Requisition number: 093375| Location: Lumwana Mine, Kalumbila Zambia. |Reporting to: Condition Monitoring Coordinator Apply now Position: Condition Monitoring Engineer Lumwana Mine, Kalumbila, Zambia. Reporting to: Condition Monitoring Coordinator 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… Read More Here

Covid-19

Africa: Continent Nears Nears 7.5 Million Covid-19 Recoveries

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 admin

As of September 22, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,182,579 while over 83,245,773 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached 206,749 and 7,482,146 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases 2,886,331 and 86,376 people died. Other most-affected countries are Morocco (922,222), Tunisia (700,807), Ethiopia (335,273), Libya ( 333,064 ), Egypt ( 298,296 ) and Kenya ( 246,956 ). The numbers are compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (world map) using statistics from the World Health Organization… Read More Here

Battery Metals Lithium

How lithium can be efficiently extracted from oil and gas wastewater

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 admin

New research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences proposes the idea of rapidly extracting lithium from contaminated water. The process described in the paper is expected to simplify lithium extraction from aqueous brines, potentially creating a much larger supply and reducing the costs of the element for batteries to power electric vehicles, electronics and a wide range of other devices. After describing that, at present, lithium is most commonly sourced from salt brines in South America using solar evaporation, a costly process that can take years and wastes much of the lithium along… Read More Here

Mining in DRC Governance Mining Companies

Tshisekedi calls for severe and exemplary sanctions against companies that illegally exploit DRC’s minerals

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 admin

In his speech delivered on Tuesday, September 21 from the United Nations podium for the 76th General Assembly, the Head of State Félix Tshisekedi called for sanctions against all mafia networks operating in the DRC, and all multinational companies who illegally exploit minerals there. “(…) Severe and exemplary sanctions be taken against all mafia networks, whether in transit countries, or of destination or against the multinationals which illegally exploit the minerals of my country and in return feed the armed groups with arms and ammunition, thus perpetuating the conflict in… Read More Here

Diamond International Mining in DRC

The United Arab Emirates remains the first destination for Congolese diamonds

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 admin

In the first half of 2021, the Democratic Republic of the Congo exported 4,185,007.35 carats to the United Arab Emirates for a value of 39 million USD 14,956.93. Which makes the United Arab Emirates the number one destination for Congolese diamonds, according to data from the Ministry of Mines. The second destination for Congolese diamonds is Belgium with 1,795,323.33 carats imported by this country for a value of 23 million 1,948.00 USD. The other export destinations for Congolese diamonds are India with 381,547.58 carats imported for a value of 3 million… Read More Here