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Gombe tricom undermining business climate with its Controversial regulation against kibali mines 1 Mining in DRC 

Gombe tricom undermining business climate with its Controversial regulation against kibali mines

It is a judicial scandal which must push the Council of State to hear all the judges and magistrates who have issued an unfair order, in the space of 24 hours, on the basis of the allegations of only one part of the rest represented by a lawyer not having received a legal mandate to take legal action. The Kinshasa / Gombe Commercial Court issued on April 17, 2021 Ordinance No. 0281/2021 relating to the seizure as a precautionary measure of the accounts of the company Kibali Gold Mines against… Read More Here
Ivanhoe Signs Agreement to boost hydropower at Kamoa-Kakula 2 Mining in DRC Electricity Energy New Mining Projects 

Ivanhoe Signs Agreement to boost hydropower at Kamoa-Kakula

Turbine 5 to produce 162 MW of renewable hydropower, providing the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex and associated smelter with sustainable electricity for future expansions Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Félix Tshisekedi expresses support for the Turbine 5 upgrade at Inga II Voith Hydro of Germany to be appointed as lead contractor for the Turbine 5 project Upgrading of the Mwadingusha hydropower plant is nearing completion to generate 78 MW of hydropower for the first two phases of copper production at Kamoa-Kakula Combined 240 MW output from the Mwadingusha and Inga II… Read More Here
Copper jumps to highest since 2011 as demand bets reignite rally 3 Copper International 

Copper jumps to highest since 2011 as demand bets reignite rally

Copper surged to the highest in a decade on expectations supply will tighten as the global economic recovery gains traction. Prices have climbed amid a broad rally across industrial commodities from iron-ore to aluminum. Economic bellwether copper has been boosted by prospects for rebounding growth as the global vaccine rollout gathers paces, the dollar weakens, and on expectations that a years-long era of low inflation in major economies may be coming to an end. The metal’s integral role in the green-energy transition is further fanning expectations that the rally will… Read More Here
MECH, RELINER | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KALUMBILA, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA 4 Mining Careers Mining in Zambia 

MECH, RELINER | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KALUMBILA, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA

Requisition Number: JR2676| Country: Zambia | Contract Type: Fixed Term| Location: Solwezi | Categories: Engineering Apply now Purpose of Role To safely execute maintenance work according to the prescribed standards while ensuring the safety of self and others Key Responsibilities The holder of 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 of the role and responsibilities of the function. Adhere to all standard instructions… Read More Here
ARTISAN, FITTER | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KALUMBILA, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA 5 Mining Careers Mining in Zambia 

ARTISAN, FITTER | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KALUMBILA, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA

Requisition Number: JR2701| Country: Zambia | Contract Type: Fixed Term| Location: Solwezi | Categories: Engineering Apply now Purpose To safely execute maintenance work according to the prescribed standards while ensuring the safety of self and others 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 of the role and responsibilities of the function. Cut, thread, and hammer pipe to specifications, using tools such… Read More Here
ARTISAN,INSTRUMENT | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KALUMBILA, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA 6 Mining Careers Mining in Zambia 

ARTISAN,INSTRUMENT | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KALUMBILA, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA

Requisition Number: JR2707| Country: Zambia | Contract Type: Fixed-Term| Location: Solwezi | Categories: Engineering Apply now The holder of 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 of the role and responsibilities of the function. Key Responsibilities Able to work with any Instruments by ensuring both company and vendor safety and quality standards are adhered to, while ensuring minimum disruption to the processing plant… Read More Here
Zimbabwe gold output down 30% in first quarter 7 Gold 

Zimbabwe gold output down 30% in first quarter

Zimbabwe’s gold production fell 30% to 3.98 tonnes in the first quarter of this year, while export earnings from the yellow metal also declined, central bank data showed on Friday. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) did not give a reason for the decline, but small-scale miners who produce half of the mineral say shafts were flooded by above normal rainfall during the period. RBZ said the southern African nation, which faces perennial shortages of foreign currency, earned $200-million from gold exports in the January-March quarter, down from $226-million during… Read More Here
DRC: Willy Kitobo rehabilitates the head of the Lualaba mines division 8 Mining in DRC 

DRC: Willy Kitobo rehabilitates the head of the Lualaba mines division

The head of the mines division of the province of Lualaba was rehabilitated in his post on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, by the outgoing Minister of Mines, Willy Kitobo. According to the minister, this rehabilitation comes after the in-depth analysis, discussions with the authorities of the province on this file and even some investigations with the advisers on the spot. Willy Kitobo asks the General Secretariat for Mines to carry out an operational audit. According to him, this is the only way to shed light on the real progress of… Read More Here
China Moly to help small-scale cobalt miners 9 Cobalt Mining in DRC 

China Moly to help small-scale cobalt miners

Cobalt and tungsten producer China Molybdenum and its Swiss-based trading arm, IXM, have joined a program that seeks to help artisanal and small-scale miners (ASM) become a responsibly-managed, viable source of battery metals. The “Better Mining” initiative, launched in 2018 by responsible-sourcing group RCS Global, has placed special emphasis on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which generates about two-thirds of the world’s supply of cobalt. The metal, a by-product of copper or nickel, is used to make lithium-ion batteries that power smartphones and electric cars. China Moly (CMOC), the world’s no.2… Read More Here
CNPAV accuses Dan Gertler of protecting his mining assets through his YaBiso project- DRC 10 Mining in DRC 

CNPAV accuses Dan Gertler of protecting his mining assets through his YaBiso project- DRC

During a press conference held this Thursday, April 22 in Kinshasa, the “Congo is not for sale” campaign called on the government to undertake immediate investigations into the suspicious circumstances which gave rise to the transfer of the royalties from Gécamines and the State to companies linked to the Israeli businessman, Dan Gertler, in all discretion and in violation of the law, and to block any approach aimed at legitimizing these transactions, in particular the registration of the YaBiso project at the one-stop shop for business creation in the DRC.… Read More Here

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