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DATA & SYSTEM ENGINEER | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KANSANSHI, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA 1 Mining Careers Mining in Zambia 

DATA & SYSTEM ENGINEER | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KANSANSHI, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA

Requisition Number: JR351 | Country: Zambia | Contract Type: On-going| Location: Solwezi | Categories: Information Technology Apply now Purpose of the role: As a key member of the Processing Technical team and reporting into the Plant Superintendent, the Data and Systems Engineer provides organisation, accessibility and distribution of relevant operating data to the process plant staff; The role has a focus on weekly-yearly optimisation. Key Duties and Responsibilities: The role accountabilities include the creation, development and management of the collection, warehousing, analytics and visualisation of process plant data, with the aim of improving the ability of the operational… Read More Here
ARTISAN BOILERMAKER | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KANSANSHI, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA 2 Mining Careers Mining in Zambia 

ARTISAN BOILERMAKER | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KANSANSHI, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA

Requisition Number: JR11O7 | Country: Zambia | Contract Type: Fixed-Term| Location: Solwezi | Categories: Engineering Apply now Purpose of Role To safely execute 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. Maintenance works in the Back… Read More Here
DRIVER | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KANSANSHI, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA 3 Mining Careers Mining in Zambia 

DRIVER | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KANSANSHI, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA

Requisition Number: JR1117 | 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. Drive the heavy vehicles… Read More Here
E and I Zambia helps power up process plant for copper miner 4 Energy Copper Mining in Zambia 

E and I Zambia helps power up process plant for copper miner

Electrical control and instrumentation specialist, E and I Zambia, says it has successfully completed a large project on a new process plant for one of Zambia’s leading copper miners. The contract included the installation of six electrical substations, 20 transformers, five 1,250 kVA diesel generators for back-up power and a 950 m overland conveyor. Almost 250 km of cable was pulled and nearly 15 km of cable racking was constructed, according to the company. Also completed were six earth mat rings, 12 mast lights and a range of general plant… Read More Here
Zambia's plan to sell billionaire’s mines stuck in legal mire 5 Mining in Zambia 

Zambia’s plan to sell billionaire’s mines stuck in legal mire

Zambia’s plan to sell the copper mines it seized last year from billionaire Anil Agarwal’s Vedanta Resources Ltd. is bogged down in legal challenges that are discouraging buyers. Arbitration between Vedanta and Zambia will proceed in London in January, after the government alleged the company lied about expansion plans and paid too little tax. That leaves cash-starved Konkola Copper Mines Plc in the hands of a court-appointed liquidator, with the prospect of a protracted legal process deterring potential investors. “Investors obviously want to know the outcome of the arbitration and… Read More Here
New Botswana copper mine to begin production in 2021 6 Copper New Mining Projects 

New Botswana copper mine to begin production in 2021

Botswana’s newest and only operational copper mine is expected to start production in 2021 with annual output building to 60,000 tonnes of concentrate, its executive director said. Situated in the Kalahari Copper belt, which stretches from north east Botswana to western Namibia, the Khoemacau mine will be the only operational one in the diamond-rich country after two other copper mines were placed under liquidation. The mining sector, which provides a fifth of Botswana’s GDP and 80% of foreign exchange earnings, is seen shrinking by almost a quarter this year but is forecast… Read More Here
Congolese Mapi Mobwano appointed President and CEO of ArcelorMittal Mining Canada 7 Mining in DRC Mining Personality 

Congolese Mapi Mobwano appointed President and CEO of ArcelorMittal Mining Canada

ArcelorMittal Mining Canada senc (“ArcelorMittal”) is proud to announce the appointment of Mr. Mapi Mobwano to the position of President and Chief Executive Officer, reports a press release from this company. As part of his duties, Mr. Mobwano will also assume the chairmanship of the management committee of ArcelorMittal Infrastructure Canada senc A native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mapi Mobwano, upon his arrival at ArcelorMittal as Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer in July 2019, stood out for his qualities as a human leader and visionary, recognizes his… Read More Here
Barrick, Loncor expand JV partnership in DRC 8 Gold Mining in DRC 

Barrick, Loncor expand JV partnership in DRC

Loncor Resources (TSX: LN) and Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) have entered into two new agreements which will see the companies further strengthen their joint venture relationship within the Ngayu gold belt of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Ngayu gold belt lies approximately 220 km from the Kibali gold mine operated by Barrick. Last year, Kibali had record gold production of 814,000 ounces at all-in sustaining costs of $693/oz The ground covered by the new agreements includes a number of priority, exploration targets already outlined by Barrick,… Read More Here
Black market distorting manganese prices - Zambia 9 Mining in Zambia 

Black market distorting manganese prices – Zambia

LOCAL processing plants have been urged to buy manganese from legitimate sources as illegal suppliers of the industrial metal are distorting the market price and robbing the treasury the much needed revenue. Minister of Mines and Mineral Development Richard Musukwa said prices are low on the market due to the supply of manganese ore by illegal sources to buyers. The price of manganese is between US$25 and US$45 per tonne due to the rampant illegal supply on the market. “Prices on the local market are currently low owing partly to… Read More Here
Africa: Continent Records 332 More Covid-19 Deaths and 14,146 New Infections 10 Covid-19 

Africa: Continent Records 332 More Covid-19 Deaths and 14,146 New Infections

As of November 12, the confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries have reached 1,918,932. Reported deaths in Africa have reached 46,283 and recoveries 1,620,746 . South Africa has the most reported cases – 742,394, with deaths numbering 20,011. Other most-affected countries include Morocco (270,626), Egypt (109,881), Ethiopia ( 100,727 ), Tunisia (74,522) and Libya ( 70,885 ). 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… Read More Here

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