arnbethnic - Copperbelt Katanga Mining

Written by arnbethnic

Used oil pioneer BME grows its green partnerships

February 11, 2022February 14, 2022 arnbethnic

Leading the field in the way it incorporates used oil into its emulsion explosives, Omnia Group company BME is extending the benefits of this growing sustainability initiative to mining customers and other approved partners. With its innovative culture and decades of successful blasting operations, BME has become the leading consumer of used oil in the explosives sector. This harmful waste product is used as a fuel agent in the company’s high-quality emulsions, ensuring that it is safely disposed of during the blasting process. “Through our large collection network, we can… Read More Here

Mining in DRC New Mining Projects

Kinga Kila Mining relies on the authorities for the normal resumption of activities | DRC

February 10, 2022February 10, 2022 arnbethnic

The Kinga Kila Mining Company calls on both provincial and national authorities to get involved so that its activities resume normal course after an incursion by nearly 300 artisanal diggers into its concession since February 1, 2022. “These people, presumed to be artisanal diggers, acted with rare violence, attacking the security agents first. In the process, they stole a communication device, goods and insignia from the company. KINGA KILA MINING calls for the protection of its investment and to say that it trusts the authorities, both national and provincial, to… Read More Here

New Mining Projects Mining in DRC

AVZ Minerals keeps momentum going at Manono with $25m drilling, early works spend

February 10, 2022February 10, 2022 arnbethnic1 Comment

Emerging producer AVZ Minerals (ASX: AVZ) has committed $25 million to continue advancing its Manono lithium and tin project in the Democratic Republic of Congo, while it awaits the issue of its mining licence. The money is set to come from the company’s recent $75 million capital raising and will fund early development works and exploration. Activities will include extension drilling at the historic Roche Dure pit within Manono – targeting potential expansion of the project’s current JORC resource. Meanwhile, AVZ noted the project “continues to receive wide ranging government support for… Read More Here

Equipment & Technology Green Energy Press Release Sponsored Content

Complete Lighting Solution for South Africa’s Longest Road Tunnel – BEKA Schréder

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022 arnbethnic

BEKA Schréder is proud to have supplied the LED lighting solution for the Huguenot Tunnel near Paarl, Western Cape. It is South Africa’s longest road tunnel. This installation will result in energy, maintenance and cost savings. The upgrade also has positive impact on the safety of road users. The Huguenot Toll Tunnel provides a route through the Du Toitskloof Mountains which separates Paarl and Worcester. The 3,9km long tunnel was opened in March 1988, and is 11km shorter than the route across the pass. According to the Average Annual Daily… Read More Here

Mining in DRC Economy Governance

Faced with “obscured” Chinese mining contracts, an American official offers another “model” to the DRC

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022 arnbethnic

Faced with China and “opaque” mining contracts that do not or very little benefit the population, a senior American official said on Saturday in Kinshasa that the United States was offering the Democratic Republic of Congo another “model of development “. “For too long the great wealth of the DRC has not translated into a better quality of life for the Congolese,” Daleep Singh, US deputy national security adviser, told reporters on a visit to the DRC capital where he met President Félix Tshisekedi on Friday. According to him, “generations… Read More Here

Mining in DRC Economy Governance

A new partnership framework between the World Bank and the Democratic Republic of Congo

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022 arnbethnic

Jean-Christophe Carret, Director of World Bank Operations for the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Burundi and Sao Tome & Principe was received this Friday, February 05, 2022 by the President of the Senate Modeste Bahati Lukwebo. On the menu of exchanges between the two personalities, is the new partnership framework between the World Bank and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The representative of the World Bank said that the new partnership framework between this international financial institution and the DRC will soon be presented in Washington. According to the representative of… Read More Here

Mining in DRC Governance

The DRC announces the possibility of Public-Private Partnership to complete Construction Works on Kasumbalesa Dry Port

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022 arnbethnic

The Minister of Transport, Ways of Communication and Accessibility, Chérubin Okende, presented the Report on the progress of the work of the Kasumbalesa Dry Port, to the Council of Ministers on Friday, February 4, following the recommendation of the Head of State Felix Tshisekedi. At this stage, he said, the environmental, geotechnical, financial and economic studies have already been done. Chérubin Okende evokes the possibility of opening a public-private partnership to help OGEFREM, which does not have enough means, to complete the work of the dry port of Kasambulasa. “In… Read More Here

Mining in DRC New Mining Projects

XIMEI Resources interested in Lweshe Mines for Niobium production in DRC

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022 arnbethnic

The takeover of the Lweshe Mine in Rusthuru at the center of exchanges between the DRC Minister of Mines and the delegation of the company XIMEI resource. The DRC Minister of Mines Antoinette N’SAMBA KALAMBAYI received on Thursday, January 27, 2022 in the meeting room of her cabinet a delegation of the company Ximei Resources led by the National Deputy François Nzekuye, elected from Rutshuru. This company specialising in the exploitation of Niobium is interested in taking over the activities of the Lweshe Mines located in the Rutshuru territory in… Read More Here