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Kakula Copper Mine underground development now 4.7 kilometres ahead of schedule 1 New Mining Projects Mining in DRC 

Kakula Copper Mine underground development now 4.7 kilometres ahead of schedule

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Kakula Copper Mine underground development now 4.7 kilometres ahead of schedule; more than 15.4 kilometres now complete. Fifth consecutive monthly development record set in May, with 1,868 metres achieved. Fabrication of ball mills and other key equipment for Kakula’s first phase, 3.8-million-tonne-per-annum processing plant is nearing completion and shipment to site has begun. Approximately 100 truckloads of equipment for Kakula’s processing plant en route to site. Major development at Kakula currently in mining zones grading more than 8% copper.   KOLWEZI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; OTCQX:IVPAF) Co-Chairs… Read More Here
Zambia denies power firm CEC claims of expropriation 10 Mining in Zambia Energy 

Zambia denies power firm CEC claims of expropriation

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Zambia’s government said on Wednesday it had no intention of taking over Copperbelt Energy Corp (CEC), after the company accused the government of expropriating its power lines by saying others must be allowed to use them if they paid.   Energy Minister Matthew Nkhuwa issued a statement, known as a statutory instrument, on Friday declaring the CEC power lines a “common carrier” and obliging it to transmit electricity on behalf of other players on agreed terms and conditions. CEC, formerly a state-owned firm before it was privatised in the 1990s, said… Read More Here
CEC Hydro Power Lines And Towers, Glass, Manitoba Energy Mining in Zambia 

Zambia intends to seize CEC infrastructure an act of arrogance – Haimbe

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Energy minister Matthew Nkhuwa on May 29, 2020 issued Statutory Instrument No.57 of 2020, the electricity (common carrier) (declaration) regulations, 2020 just before CEC was about to cut power supply to Konkola Copper Mines.   “The transmission and distribution lines set out in this schedule are declared as a common carrier for the purposes of the Act and shall be used on the terms and conditions determined by the Energy Regulation Board,” reads the SI. “Schedule: 1. Transmission lines. All transmission lines operated by the Copperbelt Energy Corporation. 2. Distribution lines.… Read More Here
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Zambia’s Declaration of CEC power infrastructure as common carrier | CEC Statement

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The Copperbelt Energy Corporation Plc (CEC) has become aware of Statutory Instrument No. 57 of 2020 (SI 57) issued by the Minister of Energy, Honourable Mathew Nkhuwa, declaring all of CEC’s distribution and transmission lines as Common Carrier. This declaration came just hours before the expiry of CEC’s power supply agreement (PSA) with Konkola Copper Mines Plc (KCM), which took effect at midnight on 31 May 2020 and in the wider context of the failed negotiations for the renewal of the Bulk Supply Agreement (BSA) between CEC and ZESCO, which… Read More Here
CEC Energy Mining in Zambia 

Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) to discontinue power supply to Konkola Copper Mines

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Zambia’s Copperbelt Energy Corp (CEC) will stop supplying power to Vedanta’s local unit Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) from Monday, it said after talks on an extension to their supply agreement broke down over debt owed to CEC. Zambia’s Energy Minister Mathew Nhkuwa told Reuters that KCM would now receive its power directly from state-owned utility Zesco, which has previously sold electricity to CEC for onward supply to KCM. Nkhuwa said the bulk electricity supply agreement between Zesco and CEC, which expired on March 31, would not be renewed. The power… Read More Here
Copper solvent extraction Copper Mining in DRC Mining technology 

New copper technology by Outotec for Democratic Republic of Congo

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Outotec to deliver copper solvent extraction technology to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Outotec has been awarded a contract by LA SINO-CONGOLAISE DES MINES SA. (hereafter as Sicomines), a joint-venture formed by companies from China and the Democratic Republic of Congo, for the delivery of copper solvent extraction technology to Sicomines’ project near Kolwezi in the Democratic Republic of Congo.   The order value, approximately EUR 20 million, has been booked in Outotec’s 2020 second quarter order intake. Outotec’s scope includes basic engineering, technology and equipment deliveries and advisory services for… Read More Here
Lubrication in machines International Mining technology 

Lubrication misunderstood yet essential to mining

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Lubrication is often the most misunderstood part of mining operations. However, it is one of the most important areas as it is essential to ensure mining equipment remains safe and fully operational. Take wire rope lubrication, for example. Traditional wire rope lubricants are toxic and difficult to apply, often requiring complex and hazardous processes just to prepare the lubricant. Furthermore, wire rope lubricants often fling off during use and drip onto floors and surfaces, causing health and safety risks. Poor-performing wire rope lubricants do not penetrate and lubricate to the… Read More Here
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Finland launches new battery metal traceability project amid Covid-19

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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and the Geological Survey of Finland GTK have launched a new battery materials tracing platform, the Battrace project, aimed at enhancing sustainability in the mining industry. The Battrace project also focuses on the processes which metals undergo after being extracted from ore and refined into high-quality raw materials for battery material manufacturers.  The total project’s budget is about €5.8m, €2.7m of which is allocated for research. The funding comes from Business Finland and its research partners, along with the following companies: Finnish Minerals Group,… Read More Here
Gold Gold Mining in Zambia New Mining Projects 

Zambia to amend mining rules to treat gold as strategic asset

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Zambia is moving to amend gold-mining rules so that they treat the metal as strategic. The cabinet agreed to amend the Mines Act to align it with a policy set last October to recognize gold as a strategic mineral. That requires production by artisanal miners to be bought through the state-owned mining investment company ZCCM-IH Plc.  The cabinet’s May 20 approval to modify laws and regulations stemmed from a proposal from the mines minister, according to the ministry’s permanent secretary, Barnaby Mulenga. Zambia wants its national gold production to help… Read More Here
Hanson Sindowe Mining in Zambia Energy 

The story of Hanson Sindowe and the Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC)

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Hanson Sindowe is the last person you would expect to be one of Zambia’s richest; he grew up the son of a policeman in a family of farmers in the village of Kalomo, 120 kilometres north of Livingstone. It’s a place thousands of kilometres from where he made his fortune on power distribution along Zambia’s copper belt, the lifeblood of the country.  Sindowe is the engineer, who wanted to be a pilot, but ended up buying Zambia’s copper belt power distribution company, Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC,) in 2006 for $120… Read More Here

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