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The mining royalty liquidated at the end of August 2021 estimated at 1.093 billion USD for copper and cobalt - DRC 1 Cobalt Copper Mining in DRC 

The mining royalty liquidated at the end of August 2021 estimated at 1.093 billion USD for copper and cobalt – DRC

According to data from the Ministry of Mines, the mining royalty, recorded and liquidated, in the two provinces of Katanga, Lualaba and Haut-Katanga, with regard to copper and cobalt, is estimated at 647,208,290.68 USD for the first half of 2021 and 446,072,091.31 USD for the months of July and August 2021, for a total of 1 billion 93,283 USD. Among the mining companies the largest providers of this mining royalty, there is TFM with 517 million USD 724,640; KCC with 173 million USD 442,832; or METALKOL with 85 million 872,084 USD. These… Read More Here
COPPER, COBALT, SILVER AND GOLD PROCESSING PLANTS COMING TO ZAMBIA 2 Cobalt Copper Gold Mining in Zambia New Mining Projects 

COPPER, COBALT, SILVER AND GOLD PROCESSING PLANTS COMING TO ZAMBIA

Now Import and Export Zambia Limited, a Private Limited Company with 90 percent South African and 10 percent Zambian Shareholding, plans to initially invest US$ 20 million for setting up Copper, Cobalt, Silver and Gold Processing Plants in Chongwe and Mkushi Districts of Zambia.The investment venture is expected to create 1210 jobs. Ninety percent of the jobs will be for Zambians. Now Import and Export Zambia Limited will conduct its mining activities in three phases. The first phase will focus on trading for one year to create a base with… Read More Here
Leading African Mining Events and Publisher Evolves into the Vuka Group 3 Mining in DRC Events & Expos 

Leading African Mining Events and Publisher Evolves into the Vuka Group

The African arm of international events organisation, Clarion Events, is delighted to announce a full rebrand representing their shift to a more future aligned approach to their market offering. The organisation, now branded as Vuka Group, which means awaken and rise, will be focusing their strategic direction and decision making to include a more African-centric vision of bringing people and organisations together to connect with information and each other, across curated digital and in-person environments. “The past 18 months have been extremely challenging for the events industry, and for our… Read More Here
Engineered Flow Aids resolve bulk material handling issues 4 Equipment & Technology Mining Companies 

Engineered Flow Aids resolve bulk material handling issues

In order to achieve controlled and consistent flow on conveyors handling large volumes of bulk material, transfer chutes and vessels must be designed not just to accommodate — but to actually facilitate — the flow of the cargo they will be handling. Unfortunately, because so many conditions can hamper effective cargo flow, engineering a conveyor and chutework that would handle every material situation is virtually impossible. Even modest changes in moisture content can cause adhesion to chute or vessel walls or agglomeration at low temperatures, especially if the belt is… Read More Here
Botswana Diamonds looks at potential for open cast mining 5 Diamond New Mining Projects 

Botswana Diamonds looks at potential for open cast mining

Botswana Diamonds has successfully completed its nine hole drilling programme on the Thorny River property in South Africa.The objective was to see if two kimberlite blows (the River and River Extension blows were one contiguous orebody, thus increasing the overall resource and improving the commercial prospects of the project. Nine percussion holes totalling 483 metres, were drilled. One hole intersected 19.1 metres of kimberlite zone, which is encouragingly the biggest thickness found in all three drilling programmes to date. Another hole intersected a thickness of 13.5m of kimberlite zone. These… Read More Here
DRC-Mines: LAMIKAL, the young Chinese-owned mining company, amounts to 685,000 USD 6 Cobalt Copper Mining in DRC 

DRC-Mines: LAMIKAL, the young Chinese-owned mining company, amounts to 685,000 USD

The LAMIKAL mining company (La Minière de Kalukundi SA) is located about 70 km east of the town of Kolwezi in Lualaba, DRC, and its site covers an area of ​​27.2 square kilometers. It achieves an annual average production of copper around 45,000 tonnes and 5,000 tonnes of cobalt, in the event of stability of the electric current. Its shareholding is made up of 75% from the Chinese side, 20% from Moroccans, and 5% from the Congolese state. LAMIKAL is counted among the benjamines of the cupro-cobalt production of Lualaba. It was from 2017… Read More Here
THE POWER OF ELECTROLYTIC MANGANESE IN BATTERIES 7 Battery Metals Energy 

THE POWER OF ELECTROLYTIC MANGANESE IN BATTERIES

Across the globe, electrolytic manganese plays a critical role in electrochemistry. Its use in modern alkaline, lithium, and sodium batteries offers immense cost and environmental benefits. However, some mining and industrial processing is required to ensure the electrolytic manganese is purified and suited for use in batteries.   Across the globe, electrolytic manganese plays a critical role in electrochemistry. Its use in modern alkaline, lithium, and sodium batteries offers immense cost and environmental benefits. However, some mining and industrial processing is required to ensure the electrolytic manganese is purified and… Read More Here
Copper price at 1-month low on global sell-off as Evergrande crisis intensifies 8 Copper International 

Copper price at 1-month low on global sell-off as Evergrande crisis intensifies

Copper prices fell to one-month lows on Monday as traders tracked the risk of contagion from the debt crisis at developer Evergrande, which is fueling new fears about China’s growth path. Copper for delivery in December fell 3% from Friday’s settlement price, touching $4.116 per pound ($9,166 per tonne) midday Monday on the Comex market in New York. Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange earlier touched $9,052.50 a tonne, the lowest since Aug. 20. The property giant has started to repay investors in its wealth management business with property this… Read More Here
Gold price edges higher as havens rally on growing Evergrande fears 9 Gold International 

Gold price edges higher as havens rally on growing Evergrande fears

Gold advanced Monday as fears of a spillover from debt woes of Asian real estate developer China Evergrande Group stoked demand for havens, outweighing concerns that the Federal Reserve’s reduction in stimulus could come soon. U.S. equities fell more than 2% as investor angst deepened over China’s real-estate sector and the Fed tapering. The dollar advanced to the highest level in nearly a month while Treasury yields slipped, boosting demand for non-interest bearing bullion. “Gold is actually acting as gold. It’s getting flight-to-safety buying due to concerns how bad we’re actually getting with news… Read More Here
SPECIALIST,TECHANICAL | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KALUMBILA, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA 10 Mining Careers Mining in Zambia 

SPECIALIST,TECHANICAL | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KALUMBILA, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA

Requisition Number: JR3550| Country: Zambia | Contract Type: Fixed Term| Location: Solwezi | Category: Engineering Apply now Purpose Will be responsible for Process Plant Reliability, Maintenance and Continuous Improvement Activities at HPL (High Pressure Leach), Oxygen plant and Acid plant (4) Scope, plan and implement improvement projects that are identified in the Section. Key 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 by the company and relevant to the level… Read More Here

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