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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICIAN | MINING CAREERS AT BARRICK LUMWANA, ZAMBIA 1 Mining Careers Mining in Zambia 

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICIAN | MINING CAREERS AT BARRICK LUMWANA, ZAMBIA

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Environmental Technician Categories : Environment| Requisition Number: 090529 | Location: Lumwana Mine, Zambia Click to Apply Now Reporting to: Reporting to: Environmental Advisor Lumwana Mining Company Limited (LMC), a copper mining company owned by Barrick Gold Corporation is situated in the North Western region of Zambia, some 300 km west of the Zambian Copperbelt and 95 km south west of the provincial capital of Solwezi. The mine is a multi-pit, multi staged operation mining approximately 100MT of ore and waste per annum and producing copper concentrates containing an average of 120,000 tonnes of copper metal… Read More Here
Africa: Covid-19 Deaths Near 42,000 Across Continent 2 Covid-19 

Africa: Covid-19 Deaths Near 42,000 Across Continent

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As of October 28, the confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries have reached 1,737,840. Reported deaths in Africa have reached 41,790 and recoveries 1,421,493. South Africa has the most reported cases – 717,851, with deaths numbering 19,053. Other most-affected countries include Morocco (203,733), Egypt (106,877) Ethiopia (94,218), Nigeria (62,224) and Libya (57,975). 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 national and regional public health… Read More Here
Gold mining a game-changer for Zambia 3 Gold Mining in Zambia 

Gold mining a game-changer for Zambia

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IN TODAY’s contemporary world, gold does not just imply affluence, material wealth and extravagance but it also gives an expression of style and elegance.The price of the precious metal on the international market has since reached dizzying heights. On the London Metal Exchange, gold is fetching around US$1,900 per ounce. Realising that gold mining and export could play significant role in diversifying Zambia’s economy, job creation and economic development, Government has declared gold as a strategic mineral. However, despite Zambia reporting an increase in gold occurrences, the sector is mainly… Read More Here
Sandvik Signs Long-Term Agreement with Glencore Queensland Metals 4 Equipment & Technology International 

Sandvik Signs Long-Term Agreement with Glencore Queensland Metals

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Sandvik will supply Glencore’s underground mobile mining equipment and aftermarket parts under a deal struck at the end of June this year. The agreement, valued at Skr1.4bn (A$249m) over a six-year lifespan, will see Sandvik become the key provider of drills, loaders and trucks for Glencore’s metalliferous mines in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. Sandvik will also provide parts, service, rock tools, and digital and automation technology for the new Sandvik fleet. Following the signing of the agreement on June 30, Glencore placed an initial equipment order totalling Skr300m… Read More Here
Gold price tops $1,900 on surging coronavirus cases 5 Gold International 

Gold price tops $1,900 on surging coronavirus cases

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Gold prices rose past the $1,900 an ounce level on Monday, supported by worries over a spike in covid-19 cases around the globe and uncertainty surrounding the upcoming US presidential election. However, a stronger dollar limited bullion’s advance. Spot gold was up 0.3% at $1,903.35 per ounce by 11:40 a.m. EST, while US gold futures were 0.1% higher at $1,907.20 per ounce in New York. “Gold is facing a bit of a headwind from the recent slight rise in real yields,” Nicholas Frappell, global general manager at Sydney-based ABC Bullion, said… Read More Here
Barrick Gold Corp.’s Kibali mine on track- DRC 6 Mining in DRC Gold 

Barrick Gold Corp.’s Kibali mine on track- DRC

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Barrick Gold Corporation’s Kibali mine is on track to deliver at the high end of its forecast for 2020, Chairman and CEO Mark Bristow said on Thursday, October 22, a press release from the mining giant reported . The first underground gold mine in the DRC and one of the largest in the world today, Kibali is a world leader in automation. The firm continues to improve its efficiency and productivity through continuous technological innovation. In the third quarter, it set a new record for delivering ore underground, topping the nameplate… Read More Here
Larox Technician | Mining Career at FQM, Kansanshi, Solwezi, Zambia 7 Mining Careers Mining technology 

Larox Technician | Mining Career at FQM, Kansanshi, Solwezi, Zambia

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Requisition Number: JR745 | Country: Zambia | Contract Type: On-going | Location: Solwezi | Categories: Engineering Apply now Purpose of the role: To maximise plant availability through maintaining operational integrity of the plant & equipment in order to achieve production targets. This role is responsible for providing the highest quality services and that all services provided are performed within a safe and timely manner. Key Duties and Responsibilities: Do fault finding on larox press filters and to perform mechanical maintenance as well as follow the PM task schedules. Safely, manually operate larox press filters… Read More Here
Metso Outotec, Boliden renew Aitik service contract 8 Mining Companies 

Metso Outotec, Boliden renew Aitik service contract

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Boliden has renewed the service contract with Metso Outotec for the Aitik copper mine in northern Sweden. The 3+2-year extension covers the supply of mill and chute lining, preventive maintenance of the grinding circuit and recycling of used wear parts. Financial details were not disclosed. The contract is a performance-based cost-per-tonne deal. The new contract also focuses more on the management of worn wear parts, with Metso Outotec developing capabilities to recycle and dispose them more sustainably. The AG mills in Aitik will continue to use Metso Outotec’s Megaliner mill lining.  Megaliner… Read More Here
Rockwell Automation releases PlantPAx 5.0 9 International Mining technology 

Rockwell Automation releases PlantPAx 5.0

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US-based Rockwell Automation has released the PlantPAx 5.0 distributed control system (DCS), which it said will reduce overall costs for plant operations by boosting productivity, improving profitability and reducing risk for operations. PlantPAx 5.0, the company said, features functions that are already native to process controllers and cyber-secured architectures, which helps to improve system availability as well as facility workflows. It is available for utilisation plant-wide and is scalable. “This release introduces new process controllers and extends the Logix family with…processing power and capacity to reduce the complexity of PlantPAx architectures; this… Read More Here
EnerDynamic targets remote sites with solar units 10 Energy International 

EnerDynamic targets remote sites with solar units

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Canadian energy solutions company EnerDynamic Hybrid Technologies plans to target the mining exploration camps with its modular solar housing products through a new partnership with services company Matrix Inc. The distribution partnership gives Matrix access to EnerDynamic’s 9′ x 12′ “Heli-Units”, which are off-grid, solar-powered housing units.  Matrix has already placed an order for ten units, with an open order for an additional 100 units to be drawn down over the next five months. Each EnerRoom unit comes equipped with managed solar power, a battery system, and all necessary electrical connections. Each… Read More Here

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