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SENIOR ENGINEER, MINE OPTIMISATION | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KALUMBILA, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA 1 Mining Careers Mining in Zambia 

SENIOR ENGINEER, MINE OPTIMISATION | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KALUMBILA, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA

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Requisition Number: JR3566| Country: Zambia | Contract Type: Fixed Term| Location: Solwezi Apply now Job Responsibility Development and implementation of management information systems/dashboards. Identifying business improvement opportunities through analysis of information. Liaise with all key Mining Operations section heads and other stakeholders to identify business improvement projects to be implemented. Implementation and monitoring of identified projects in collaboration with project owners and management. Analysis and review of financial budget with other Managers/ Superintendents to aid in ensuring the most effective and efficient business model is followed. Operational Efficiency Utilisation of technology and data analysis to support mine… Read More Here
Gold price lifted by Fed’s dovish remarks on tapering 2 Gold International 

Gold price lifted by Fed’s dovish remarks on tapering

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Gold climbed higher on Friday as Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell stopped short of signaling when the central bank would dial back its economic support, while reiterating his view that the current price spikes are transitory. Spot gold rose 1.1% to $1,811.51 per ounce by 11:50 a.m. EDT, breaking past the $1,800 level for the second time this week. US gold futures were up 0.9%, trading at $1,811.60 per ounce in New York. In a virtual speech at the Jackson Hole symposium earlier, Powell stated that the central bank could begin reducing… Read More Here
Africa Records Over 193,394 Covid-19 Deaths As Cases Rise 3 Covid-19 

Africa Records Over 193,394 Covid-19 Deaths As Cases Rise

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As of August 28, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 7,695,475 while over 61,945,696 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached 193,394 and  6,791,572 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases 2,747,018 and 81,187 people died. Other most-affected countries are Morocco (843,357), Tunisia (654,798), Libya (303,790), Ethiopia (303,171), Egypt (287,393) and Kenya (233,801). 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 and other international institutions as well as national… Read More Here
Mining uptick sees larger Metso crushers enter South Africa 4 Equipment & Technology Mining technology 

Mining uptick sees larger Metso crushers enter South Africa

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Crushing equipment specialist Pilot Crushtec is seeing growing demand from the mining sector as rising commodity prices breathe new life into this industry. This contrasts with the construction sector, which remains challenged, according to Francois Marais, director sales and marketing at Pilot Crushtec. Sluggish demand for construction materials has meant that capital expenditure for aggregate crushers remains under pressure.   “The upturn in mining is spurring local demand for our mobile crushing equipment as contractors – who are our traditional market – move onto mining sites to conduct crushing contracts,”… Read More Here
Sandvik to acquire CNC Software 5 International Mining technology 

Sandvik to acquire CNC Software

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Sweden’s Sandvik plans to acquire US-based Computer Aided Manufacturing software company CNC Software. CNC Software, which will be reported in the Design & Planning Automation division within Sandvik Manufacturing and Machining Solutions, will add a “world-class” CAM brand in the Mastercam software suite, said Sandvik.  CNC has a base of around 270,000 licenses/users, as well as a strong market reseller network  – financial details of the deal were not disclosed. “This is in line with our strategic focus to grow in the digital manufacturing space, with special attention on industrial… Read More Here
Africa: Nearly 62 Million Covid-19 Vaccinations Administered Across Continent 6 Covid-19 

Africa: Nearly 62 Million Covid-19 Vaccinations Administered Across Continent

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As of August 27, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 7,660,025 while over 61,914,095 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached 192,563 and  6,758,734 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases 2,734,973 and 80,826 people died. Other most-affected countries are Morocco (836,494), Tunisia (651,035), Libya (302,177), Ethiopia (301,713), Egypt (287,159) and Kenya (232,869). 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 and other international institutions as well as… Read More Here
DRC reviewing $6bn mining deal with Chinese investors – Finance Minister 7 Mining in DRC Governance 

DRC reviewing $6bn mining deal with Chinese investors – Finance Minister

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The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’s) government is reviewing its $6-billion “infrastructure-for-minerals” deal with Chinese investors as part of a broader examination of mining contracts, Finance Minister Nicolas Kazadi told Reuters. President Felix Tshisekedi said in May that some mining contracts could be reviewed because of concerns they are not sufficiently benefiting Congo, which is the world’s largest producer of cobalt and Africa’s leading miner of copper. His government announced this month it had formed a commission to reassess the reserves and resources at China Molybdenum’s massive Tenke Fungurume copper and cobalt mine in… Read More Here
UMS to bring in the heavyweights for shaft sinking at Karowe Mine 8 Diamond Equipment & Technology International 

UMS to bring in the heavyweights for shaft sinking at Karowe Mine

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With a team comprising some of the most experienced professionals in shaft sinking, United Mining Services (UMS) is gearing up for the pre-sinking of two shafts for the Karowe Underground Mine Expansion Project (UGP) in Botswana. Following the completion of the feasibility study for the Karowe UGP, UMS was appointed by Lucara Botswana Pty Ltd and JDS Energy & Mining Inc. in October 2019 to engineer and design the shaft sinking of the production shaft (8,5 m in diameter), and the ventilation shaft (6 m diameter), both reaching a depth… Read More Here
NEW CYBERMINE SIMULATORS MAKING OPERATOR TRAINING SAFER AND EFFICIENT 9 Mining in Zambia Mining technology 

NEW CYBERMINE SIMULATORS MAKING OPERATOR TRAINING SAFER AND EFFICIENT

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As the mining industry continues to push the boundaries of automation and mechanisation, the country’s largest copper miner, First Quantum Minerals, has installed one of the world’s most realistic and sophisticated simulators to train mine equipment operators.The mining firm has installed two of ThoroughTec’s latest generation Cybermine 5 Full-Mission simulators at its Kansanshi Mine in Solwezi, North-Western Province, to make operator training safer and more efficient.The simulators are helping to improve operations in the mining firm’s projects and boost skills development in its workforce, said FQM’s Training and Development Manager… Read More Here
DRC: Entreprise Générale du Cobalt still not operational 4 months after its official launch 11 Cobalt Mining in DRC 

DRC: Entreprise Générale du Cobalt still not operational 4 months after its official launch

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The Congolese government, in order to improve the conditions of artisanal miners, created the Entreprise Générale du Cobalt (EGC) by decrees 19/15 and 19/16 of November 5, 2019. EGC, as a subsidiary of Gécamines now has a monopoly on the purchase, treatment, transformation, sale and exploitation of cobalt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is within this framework that EGC signed a financing agreement with the international firm Trafigura which will support the company, from the production of Cobalt to sale to end buyers. “By decreeing a monopoly… Read More Here

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