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Invasion of artisanal miners in the KCC site: Godard Motemona reassures prompt return of peace 1 Artisanal mining Mining in DRC 

Invasion of artisanal miners in the KCC site: Godard Motemona reassures prompt return of peace

The Deputy Minister of Mines, Godard Motemona met, on Tuesday, June 14, with the caucus of deputies of Lualaba on the issue related to the invasion by artisanal miners from this province to the facilities of the mining company Kamoto Copper Company KCC.  Evicted from their mining area in Lualaba, the artisanal miners invaded the site of the KCC mining company. The deputies of Lualaba met the Deputy Minister of Mines, Godard Motemona with a view to demanding the involvement of the government in order to restore calm between the two… Read More Here
The erosion of cobalt prices continues, the ton is trading at 72,000.00 USD as of June 15, 2022 2 Cobalt International 

The erosion of cobalt prices continues, the ton is trading at 72,000.00 USD as of June 15, 2022

The drop in cobalt prices that began in May 2022 continues until mid-June of the year on the international metals market. According to the indications of the London Metal Exchange, the ton of cobalt is trading at 72,000.00 USD as of June 15, 2022. According to industry experts, the fall in cobalt prices is the indirect consequence of the confinements in China. As of June 10, standard-grade cobalt prices, like alloy-grade cobalt prices, ranged between USD 35.80 and USD 36.50 per kilogram. Since surging around USD 40 per kilogram in… Read More Here
copper falls to 9,262.60 per tonne as of June 15, 2022 3 Copper International 

copper falls to 9,262.60 per tonne as of June 15, 2022

The outlook for copper prices on the international market is still not favorable despite the lifting of the barrier measures against the coronavirus in China and this situation is expected to continue in 2023 and 2024. As of June 15, 2022, a tonne of copper is sold at USD 9,262.60 on the international market, particularly on the London Stock Exchange. And this, while exactly a week ago this metal was sold at 9,711.85 USD on the London Metal Exchange (LME). Copper is beset by various risks that threaten to undermine the… Read More Here
DRC mining industry produced 121,955 tonnes of copper and nearly 7,000 tonnes of cobalt in January 2022 4 Copper Cobalt Mining in DRC 

DRC mining industry produced 121,955 tonnes of copper and nearly 7,000 tonnes of cobalt in January 2022

The mining industry in the Democratic Republic of the Congo produced 121,955 tonnes of copper in January 2022 compared to 130,508 tonnes of copper in January 2021, a drop of around 8,553 tonnes, according to figures from the Central Bank contained in its Digest of statistical information of January 13, 2022. As for cobalt, 6,498 tonnes were produced in January 2022 compared to 7,383 tonnes in January 2021, a monthly production drop of around 885 tonnes from one year to the next. Recall that in 2021, the mining industry in… Read More Here
Smart Mining: The Benefits of Developing Digital Mines 5 Mining technology 

Smart Mining: The Benefits of Developing Digital Mines

Smart Mining: An Innovative Approach to the Issues Facing the Mining Industry Industry 4.0 is fast becoming a global reality. This has led to an increasing focus across the mining industry on innovative approaches to solving several key issues it faces today. Chief amongst these approaches is the development of the connected, data-driven, and automated “smart mining” model. Mining companies have prioritized technology investments, building their data and intelligence capabilities, and integrating equipment, software, and human operators. The smart mine takes advantage of several innovative technologies, including the Internet of… Read More Here
Efforts are continuing to find a solution that unlocks KCM’s potential and delivers maximum benefit to the people of Zambia 6 Mining in Zambia 

Efforts are continuing to find a solution that unlocks KCM’s potential and delivers maximum benefit to the people of Zambia

Zambia’s decision to take control of a copper mine in the country’s north three years ago will be subject to an arbitration hearing in London in January, the country’s mines minister announced on Wednesday, amid a long-running dispute over the mine’s ownership. Zambia handed control of Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) to a state-appointed provisional liquidator in May 2019, igniting a legal battle with the company’s previous owner, India-listed Vedanta, with arguments heard in Zambia and South Africa and the dispute heading to international arbitration. Zambia’s government accused Vedanta of violating… Read More Here
HOLDING MINING HOUSES TO A HIGHER STANDARD 7 Mining in Zambia 

HOLDING MINING HOUSES TO A HIGHER STANDARD

Venerated novelist, essayist and critic George Orwell once said, “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” Among the many things that have often been difficult to hear is the opinion that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is the key to unlocking Zambia’s true mining potential. Not infrequently, we read about one person or the other declaring that all foreigners come to steal from us and that Zambians would be better off running the mining show on our own.… Read More Here
All Star completes due diligence on South African, Zambian projects 8 Mining in Zambia Lithium New Mining Projects Rare Earth Minerals 

All Star completes due diligence on South African, Zambian projects

AQSE-listed mining investing company All Star Minerals has announced the successful completion of its due diligence over the Blesberg lithium and tantalum project in South Africa and the Nkombwa Hill tantalum, rare earth elements and phosphate project in Zambia. This followed All Star’s announcement on April 21 that it had entered into a heads of agreement (HoA) with mining investment firm Gathoni Muchai Investments. The due diligence process included site visits, analyses of the technical aspects of the underlying deposits and their Joint Ore Reserves Committee- (Jorc-) and South African Code for the Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves- (Samrec-) compliant resources,… Read More Here
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | MINING CAREERS AT ZCCM-IH INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, LUSAKA, ZAMBIA 9 Mining Careers Mining in Zambia 

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | MINING CAREERS AT ZCCM-IH INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, LUSAKA, ZAMBIA

JOB TITLE:  Chief Executive Officer  | LOCATION: Lusaka ZCCM Investments Holdings PLC is an investment holdings company with diversified interests in mining, energy, and other sectors of the Zambian economy.  The Company’s majority shareholder is the Industrial Development Corporation Ltd (IDC), an investment company wholly owned by the Zambian Government and the rest of the shareholders include institutions and private shareholders spread across the world. The mission of the Company is “to maximize shareholder value with due regard to the interests of all stakeholders”.  In order to achieve this mission,… Read More Here
Ghana seeks strategic partner to upgrade VALCO aluminium smelter 10 Aluminium 

Ghana seeks strategic partner to upgrade VALCO aluminium smelter

Ghana is on a roadshow to find a strategic partner to “revamp” state-owned Volta Aluminum Company’s (VALCO) aluminium smelter, Ghana Lands and Natural Resources minister Samuel Jinapor said on Monday at the Africa CEO Forum conference in Abidjan. Jinapor said Ghana, which has ample reserves of aluminium ore bauxite, aims to create an integrated aluminium industry in the country. “Today we are insisting … that exploration, prospecting, mining, refining, smelting, the downstream industry, all of it must be in Ghana,” Jinapor said. Ghana’s push to expand domestic processing capabilities echoes a move… Read More Here

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