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SENIOR SUPERVISOR – GEOLOGY | MINING CAREER AT KAGEM MINING LIMITED , COPPERBELT, ZAMBIA 1 Mining Careers Mining in Zambia 

SENIOR SUPERVISOR – GEOLOGY | MINING CAREER AT KAGEM MINING LIMITED , COPPERBELT, ZAMBIA

Country: Zambia | Contract Type:Full time | Location: Lufwanyama | Categories: Mining SENIOR SUPERVISOR – GEOLOGY (1 POSITION)Reports to: Pit – Geologist Kagem Mining Limited, based in Lufwanyama, is the world’s single largest emerald producer. It covers an area of approximately 41 square kilometers and is in the central part of the Ndola Rural Emerald Restricted Area (“NRERA”), in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. Kagem Mining prides itself on industry-leading health and safety standards, innovative approaches to engineering and cutting-edge management of unique geology. Since 2008, Kagem is 75% owned by Gemfields, a world-leading supplier of… Read More Here
COORDINATOR - TRUCK SHOP | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KALUMBILA, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA 2 Mining Careers Mining in Zambia 

COORDINATOR – TRUCK SHOP | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KALUMBILA, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA

Requisition Number: JR1610| Country: Zambia | Contract Type: On-going| Location: Solwezi | Categories: Mining Apply now To coordinate/Supervise the safety, Environmental and maintenance of the mobile truck section. Reporting directly to the mobile truck section superintendent and assist him in his duties. Key Responsibilities: Maintain safe work procedures and promote high safety and health awareness. Promote and comply with the KML Occupational Health and Safety Policy. Provide coaching and mentoring to Supervisors to enable them to understand the critical issues affecting the planned maintenance and Backlog requirements across the Trucks Maintenance Workshop and other Equipment areas. Provide tactical and… Read More Here
DRC’s first ‘Cahier de Charge’ approved 3 Mining in DRC Corporate social responsibility 

DRC’s first ‘Cahier de Charge’ approved

In a pioneering step, a large mining company in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has – with assistance  from SRK Consulting Congo – become the first to have its Cahier de Charge (Social Term Sheet) approved. Regulations introduced in 2018 require mines to set out a clear and financially-provisioned five-year plan for local social development – a Cahier de Charge – in consultation with local communities and stakeholders. According to Susa Maleba, country manager at SRK Consulting Congo, the key aspect of the new requirement was that effective consultation… Read More Here
Ivanhoe secures $575m funding 4 Copper Mining in DRC New Mining Projects 

Ivanhoe secures $575m funding

Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) announced on Wednesday the closing of its previously announced private placement offering of $575 million aggregate principal amount of 2.50% convertible senior notes due 2026. “We received tremendous inbound interest in our convertible notes financing from leading North American and European fundamental institutional investors, as was evidenced by the order book being significantly oversubscribed,” Ivanhoe executive Co-Chairman Robert Friedland said in a media statement. “We believe that the convertible notes, with a coupon rate of 2.50%, represent an extremely attractive form of financing to further advance our growth… Read More Here
Copper price up on strong demand outlook and supply disruptions 5 Copper International 

Copper price up on strong demand outlook and supply disruptions

Copper prices rose on Wednesday as a bright demand outlook and supply disruptions in some South American mines offset pressure from rising inventories. Copper for delivery in May was up 0.91% by midday, with futures touching $4.1055 per pound ($9,031 a tonne) on the Comex market in New York. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 0.8% to $9,028 a tonne, while the most-traded May copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange closed down 0.7% at 66,940 yuan ($10,298.46) a tonne. WAGE TALKS WITH UNIONS REMAIN UNRESOLVED, ANTOFAGASTA REPORTED… Read More Here
Metso Outotec adds crusher to Nordtrack range 6 Equipment & Technology International 

Metso Outotec adds crusher to Nordtrack range

Finnish manufacturer of mining equipment Metso Outotec has added a new impact crusher and screen to its Nordtrack mobile crushing and screening range that both target smaller operations. The Nordtrack I908 mobile impact crusher is optimised for the smaller-sized material reduction job sites, and it accepts different kinds of feed material as well as traditional rock crushing, said the company. The new screen, the Nordtrack S2.5, mobile screen is also designed for small job sites, said the company. “We are always listening carefully to customer feedback. These two new products… Read More Here
Nickel demand for EVs to outpace lithium and cobalt – report 7 Lithium Cobalt Nickel 

Nickel demand for EVs to outpace lithium and cobalt – report

As battery metals continue to rise to the forefront of attention, much has centered around lithium and cobalt. Governments have enacted policies to encourage investment into the critical raw materials they deem essential to the green energy transition. At the same time, supply chain concerns surrounding nickel have begun to garner increasing focus. As a key component of battery cathode chemistry in many existing and upcoming electric vehicles (EVs), nickel will remain an important metal to watch in the coming decade, market analyst Fitch Solutions maintains in its latest industry report. Fitch has updated its estimate of… Read More Here
Lithium prices continue to climb, up 88% in 2021 8 Lithium 

Lithium prices continue to climb, up 88% in 2021

Lithium prices continue to rise exponentially in China amid strong demand for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, the first-ever mid-month assessment by the Chinese supply chain research agency. batteries and the Benchmark Mineral Intelligence pricing reporting agency. The median benchmark battery grade lithium carbonate price (EXW China, ≥99.0% Li2CO3) for mid-March shows that the raw material has risen 88% just year-to-date to over 12,600 $ per tonne, the highest level since March 2019. Read More Here
Gold producing countries 9 Gold International 

Gold producing countries

World output of gold in 2019 showed the first decline in a decade, falling by 28 metric tonnes to 3,533 tonnes or 113.6 million troy ounces. The decline came after relentless growth in primary gold production – 730 tonnes or 23.5m ounces since 2010, according to London-based mining and metals consultants Metals Focus and the World Gold Council. China is in danger of losing its no 1 ranking over the next few years – the country lost 20 tonnes of production while Russia added 34 tonnes or 1.1m ounces in a single year,… Read More Here
Electric cars will cost more using ethically sourced batteries 10 Battery Metals Cobalt International 

Electric cars will cost more using ethically sourced batteries

The European Union’s efforts to ethically source a key battery metal face headwinds that could make it more expensive for automakers to go electric. Cobalt is the battery metal at the highest risk of being exploited in ways that damage the health of people and the environment. Most of the world’s supply comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo, with as much as a third of that supplied by small-scale miners who often work in dangerous conditions. Regulators have begun developing rules designed to help industry avoid damaging its reputation. But those “ambitious requirements… Read More Here

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