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Official Data Confirms that Men, the Elderly Most Likely to Die from Coronavirus

April 17, 2020April 17, 2020 arnbethnic

COVID-19 was the third most common cause of death in England and Wales last month, new Office Of National Statistics (ONS) data reveals. Almost one in ten deaths in March involved Covid-19. The number is an average across the entire month – including the early days before the outbreak took hold – and is expected to be higher in April as the virus spread rapidly. The figures come from an in-depth ONS study of all deaths in March registered up to April 6 where Covid-19 was involved. It found more than nine… Read More Here

Mining in Zambia

Glencore’s Mopani licenses in danger of being revoked

April 17, 2020April 17, 2020 arnbethnicGlencore, Licenses, Mopani

Zambia plans to revoke the mining licences of Glencore subsidiary Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) because the company did not give enough notice before suspending its mining operations in the coronavirus crisis and other problems. In a letter dated April 14 to Mopani’s chief executive Nathan Bullock, Mining Licensing Committee secretary Michael Chibonga said Mopani did not give sufficient notice to the government before placing the mines on care and maintenance. Mopani also breached Zambia’s labour laws by sending its workers on forced leave and terminating the contracts of mining services… Read More Here

Mining technology Mining in Zambia

New Coolant Plant Commissioned in Kitwe, Zambia

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 arnbethnicCoolant, Cummins

Cummins Zambia has completed a coolant plant project in Kitwe on the Copperbelt that received approval from the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) in 2019. The ‘plug-and-play’ plant will produce two types of coolant, namely ES compleat Hybrid (Blue) and ES compleat OAT (Red). PLC-driven and automated, the plant has the capability to carry out batch correction. It has a blending capacity of around 1 600 litres over two hours, including quality testing. The system has two 2 500 litre product tanks for product storage. Originally planned to be completed within six… Read More Here

International Mining technology

German GHH launches a new ‘streamlined’ 45t dump truck

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 arnbethnic

German heavy machinery manufacturer GHH has released its newest dump truck model, the MK-45 The machine features a 45-tonne payload, a dump volume of 19-24m3, an improved dumping angle of 68° and good ergonomics. GHH said it is not only one of the largest units of its kind, but it is also the newest model in its product range. At its heart is a 460-kilowatt Mercedes OM473 engine that fulfills Stage V emission standards (GHH also offers Tier 3 and 4 versions), or alternatively a Volvo TAD1651 or 1671 is available.… Read More Here

Copper Cobalt Mining in DRC

Glencore’s Katanga Mining Sends Back 350 Contractors

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 arnbethnic

Glencore’s Katanga Mining sent 350 workers to be repatriated this week after the copper and cobalt miner delayed the commissioning of an acid plant they were working on in Democratic Republic of Congo’s Lualaba province. Katanga Mining’s 75%-owned subsidiary Kamoto Copper Company (KCC) had sent the 350 Indian contractors from the mine site near Kolwezi to Lubumbashi, capital of Haut-Katanga province, to be repatriated, a source at KCC told Reuters. They are awaiting flights back to India. Haut-Katanga governor Jacques Kyabula Katwe told Reuters: “There are about 300 Indians in Lubumbashi, they came from Kolwezi and are waiting… Read More Here

Mining in Zambia

Miners Protest Mopani Copper Mines Shut Down

April 12, 2020July 12, 2020 arnbethnic

HUNDREDS of miners and Kitwe residents led by Patriotic Front provincial chairman Nathan Chanda, MUZ president Joseph and other union leaders yesterday marched to Mopani Central Office on Central Street to protest against the decision by the Glencore-owned mine management to place the mines under care and maintenance. And the miners have vowed to camp at Central offices until Mopani chief executive officer Nathan Bullock rescinds the decision, further urging government to find another investor to take over from Glencore. Meanwhile Chishimba Kambwili has urged the government to show leadership… Read More Here

Mining in Zambia Copper

Mine Suppliers call on Zambian Govt to Restrain Mopani Copper Mines

April 12, 2020April 12, 2020 arnbethnic

The Association of mine suppliers and contractors have called on the government to come up with a rescue plan for the Mopani Copper Mine (MCM) instead of letting the management place the copper mine on care and maintenance. The association accused Mopani Copper Mine of trying to use the current COVID 19 challenges as a scapegoat to implement models that sideline Zambians and Zambian businesses in their supply chain. They have moved their buying office to South Africa and have terminated most of the contracts for local Zambian contractors. The… Read More Here

Gold International

Armed group robs Mexican gold mine, flees in plane

April 11, 2020April 11, 2020 arnbethnicGold, Gold Bars, Mexico, Mulatos Mine

An armed group stormed a gold mine in northern Mexico and stole bars of gold and silver alloy before fleeing in a light aircraft, mine operator Minas de Oro Nacional said. Minas de Oro Nacional, a subsidiary of Canadian firm Alamos Gold Inc., said in a statement late on Wednesday that the robbery at the Mulatos mine in Sonora state occurred when a group of five “heavily armed” people assaulted security staff who were transferring bars of the precious metals onto a plane. The Mulatos open-pit mine is part of… Read More Here

International

Are Mining Companies Helping Fight Covid-19?

April 11, 2020April 11, 2020 arnbethnic

It’s been four weeks since the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO). To date, the virus has been detected in 209 countries and territories worldwide, with the total number of confirmed cases approaching 1.5 million at the time of writing. A number of mining companies have committed resources to the fight against coronavirus. The coronavirus outbreak and associated government responses worldwide have created a difficult start to 2020 for mining companies – the pandemic has so far wiped $282bn from the market value of the top… Read More Here

Mining in DRC Gold

Congo’s Ituri Governor Condemns Rising Insecurity in the Gold Province

April 11, 2020April 11, 2020 arnbethnicDRC, Gold, Ituri

Illicit mining and mineral trafficking are fuelling mine site violence, the governor of the gold-rich Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo said after armed robbers killed four people, including three Chinese nationals, in a gold mine. The attack occurred at around 1:00 a.m. on the morning of April 5 in a gold site that was mined by the COMIDI cooperative in Irumu, 62 km from the provincial capital of Bunia, the governor said. It was first reported on Monday by China’s official Xinhua news agency. “We can… Read More Here