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Government owned coal mining company Morupule is committed to supporting Botswana ‘s coal to liquid ambition, a multi billion pula project that would see Botswana produce fuel from its abundant coal reserves and unlock thousands of jobs and value chain opportunities along the way. This commitment has been reiterated by Morupule Coal Mine General Manager Mr Edwin Elias in a number of media engagements recently. “There is Coal to gas aswell, this is a high capital intensive project, we are ready as Morupule Coal Mine to ramp up production and… Read More Here
ZAMBIA'S MINES MINISTER WARNS MINES OPERATING WITHOUT LICENCES 2 Mining Companies Mining in Zambia 

ZAMBIA’S MINES MINISTER WARNS MINES OPERATING WITHOUT LICENCES

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Mines and Minerals Development Minister, PAUL KABUSWE says mining firms operating without an Environmental Impact Assessment are operating illegally. Mr. KABUSWE says no mining licence is issued without a valid Environmental Impact Assessment. In a telephone interview with ZANIS, Mr. KABUSWE disclosed that his Ministry will upon completion of the audit come up with a structure that will help curb such practices in the future. Last week Minister of Green Economy and Environment, COLLINS NZOVU ordered the Zambia Environmental Management Agency to take action against mining companies operating without conducting… Read More Here
DRC: the six evils that hinder the development of artisanal mining 3 Artisanal mining Mining in DRC 

DRC: the six evils that hinder the development of artisanal mining

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The development of artisanal mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains hampered by several ills. These include lack of information; insufficient financial and technical resources; the invasion of concession areas; the presence of foreigners on artisanal mining sites as well as fiscal pressure and environmental problems. This is at least what emerges from the workshop organized by the Ministry of Mines from July 9 to 11, 2022 in Zongo in the province of Kongo Central. During these three days of work, the participants in the workshop on the standardization of artisanal mining… Read More Here
As of July 12, 2022, the price of cobalt has fallen to USD 59,985.00 per tonne 4 Cobalt International 

As of July 12, 2022, the price of cobalt has fallen to USD 59,985.00 per tonne

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The downward trend has continued for cobalt prices on the international market since May 2022. On the London Metal Exchange, a ton of cobalt currently stands at 59,985.00 US dollars. According to specialists in the sector, this downward trend is an indirect consequence of the confinements in China. Driven by the will of the actors involved in the fight against climate change, at the beginning of the year, cobalt prices amounted to around 87,000 US dollars on the international market. Since propelling themselves around a historic high in May 2022,… Read More Here
Child labor in the mining industry in the DRC at the heart of the debates at the Tom Santos Committee 5 Mining in DRC 

Child labor in the mining industry in the DRC at the heart of the debates at the Tom Santos Committee

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The Tom Lantos Commission on Human Rights, a coalition of the United States House of Representatives, reserved a special session this Thursday on “child labor and human rights violations in the mining industry in the DRC”. This session will examine human rights violations in the mining sector in the DRC, including child and forced labor, disregard for worker safety and environmental degradation. It will also discuss the role played by outside actors, including Chinese and Russian companies, the corruption of government regulatory regimes in the DRC, and the impact on the… Read More Here
Caterpillar launches new Cat MineStar Reporting platform 6 Equipment & Technology International Mining technology 

Caterpillar launches new Cat MineStar Reporting platform

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Every piece of mining equipment constantly generates critical operating and production data that is used by Cat® MineStar™ products to enable miners to make better decisions. Historically, each MineStar capability – Fleet, Terrain, Health, etc. – has different reporting tools for this captured data. Caterpillar has launched its new Cat MineStar Reporting platform for MineStar Solutions, a powerful reporting and analytics product that can consolidate information from MineStar products. Currently, MineStar Reporting supports information from MineStar Fleet, Terrain, Health and Command for hauling. Support for MineStar Edge is currently underway,… Read More Here
Caledonia achieves record quarterly production in Zimbabwe 7 Gold 

Caledonia achieves record quarterly production in Zimbabwe

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Gold miner Caledonia Mining achieved record production of 20 091 oz at the Blanket gold mine, in Zimbabwe, for the quarter ended June 30. This was a 20% increase on the 16 710 oz produced in the second quarter of 2021. In the first half of the year 38 606 oz of gold was produced, about 29% more than the 29 907 oz produced in the first half of 2021. “Production in the first half of 2022 was excellent and exceeded our expectations.  Production excludes an estimate of approximately 1 500 oz of recoverable gold included in an… Read More Here
Jubilee commissions cobalt refining circuit in Zambia 8 Cobalt Copper Mining in Zambia 

Jubilee commissions cobalt refining circuit in Zambia

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Jubilee Metals Group PLC, a leader in metals processing with operations in Africa (AIM: JLP/Altx: JBL), is pleased to announce an update at its Zambian operations where the integration of the Sable Copper and Cobalt refinery with the newly constructed copper concentrator, Project Roan, continues as part of Jubilee’s Southern Refining Strategy. Highlights –      Cobalt refining circuit at the Sable Refinery entered the commissioning phase during June 2022 in line with original timing expectations, with first trial cobalt product produced per the expected commissioning and ramp up schedule: o  Commercial production is targeted… Read More Here
Rajant and Epiroc Announce Validation for Semi-Autonomous and Autonomous Surface Drilling Globally 9 Equipment & Technology International Mining technology 

Rajant and Epiroc Announce Validation for Semi-Autonomous and Autonomous Surface Drilling Globally

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Rajant Corporation, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh® wireless networks, and Epiroc, a leading productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, announce successful validation for both semi-autonomous and autonomous drilling. As part of the validation, deployment best practices guidelines were created to support the deployment of Epiroc drills with Rajant BreadCrumbs®. Epiroc has a permanent deployment at their test facility in South Africa to demonstrate semi-autonomous and autonomous drills using Rajant BreadCrumbs. Rajant is deployed on dozens of semi-autonomous and autonomous Epiroc drills globally, some of which include:… Read More Here
Gold price steadies near nine-month low as dollar rally powers on 10 Gold International 

Gold price steadies near nine-month low as dollar rally powers on

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Gold steadied near the lowest in more than nine months as the dollar edged higher in anticipation of US inflation data this week that’s set to shape the magnitude of the Federal Reserve’s next rate hike.  Investors concerned about the prospect of a global economic downturn have turned in droves to the greenback, which is already up more than 2% this month. That’s capped gold, despite support from an easing in US Treasury yields. “Any significant or lasting rise in the gold price is being precluded not only by the… Read More Here

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