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Coordinator – KDP Project | Mining Careers at MMG Kinsevere | DRC

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Application Deadline: 22/09/2020 Job no: 498350 | Work type : Fixed- term plan | Location: Kinsevere mine | Open to: Nationals & Expatriates | Vacant position (s): 1 | Type of contract: Contract of indefinite duration for nationals and fixed duration for expatriates. Main responsibilities The main role of the Coordination – KDP Project is to ensure and actively work on the management of project plans ensuring that deadlines, budget and cost are met. This role aims to promote a frank collaboration between our agents from China as well as our engineers and local contractors by… Read More Here
diamond Mining in DRC Diamond 

DRC produced 4.209 million carats of diamonds in the first 7 months of 2020

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The diamond industry in the Democratic Republic of the Congo produced 4.209 million carats at the end of July 2020 against 7.170 million carats at the same period in 2019, a decrease of 41.3% recorded. In this 2020 production volume, there are 1.89 million carats of industrial diamonds and 2.318 million diamonds from artisanal miners. Over the whole of 2019, the DRC had produced 12.929 million carats of diamonds against 15.131 million carats in 2018. Read More Here
Felix Tshisekedi Contracts Mining in DRC Economy 

IMF tasks Félix Tshisekedi to publish mining contracts signed by SOKIMO and MIBA

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The mining contracts concerned have not been the subject of any call for tenders and are never published on the website of the Ministry of Mines. Worse, the interests of the DRC are sold off, in these deals yet concluded under the era of President Félix Tshisekedi according to NGOs, By asking for the publication of these contracts, the IMF is actually saying the DRC cannot sell off its mining assets likely to bring it billions of dollars while at the same time begging for financial support. from international financial institutions. The… Read More Here
reverse charge accounting VAT bn Mining in DRC Mining tax Taxes 

DRC government opts for a “reverse charge accounting VAT” for miners

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The Council of Ministers of Friday, September 11 lifted the option, with regard to mining companies, for a “  reverse charge accounting VAT” on imports. Henceforth therefore, the import VAT of the miners will just be recorded at the customs level without the operators being able to pay it. “Regarding the suspension of the collection of import VAT, the government is proposing a switch to an accounting VAT for reverse charge. The mechanism would allow mining companies to no longer pay VAT to Customs but to indicate it on their tax declarations, ”said… Read More Here
Gold Miners Mining in DRC Artisanal mining Gold Mine Safety 

Congo gold miners scour rubble for bodies after cave-in | DRC

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Informal gold miners in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo scoured rubble on Saturday for more than 50 colleagues presumed dead after a mine collapsed under the weight of heavy rain. Hundreds of young men in rubber boots crowded around the site of Friday’s cave-in, with some removing rocks by hand from the muddy hillside, video footage showed. Dozens of people die each year in accidents in largely unregulated artisanal mines in Congo, where often ill-equipped diggers borrow deep underground in search for ore. Alexandre Kamundala, deputy mayor of the nearby town of… Read More Here
Fibreglass grating Covid-Resilient Operations Mine Safety Mining technology 

Triumph Through Covid-19 | Fibreglass Grating

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We would like to take this opportunity in thanking Copperbelt Katanga Mining for thinking about us during the challenges we are all encountering in this COVID period. It is an honour for us to share our journey with you. Fibreglass Grating is based in Gauteng, South Africa that supplies Grating and hand Railing and FRP Structures for numerous applications. The marketplace has been impacted massively with huge declining revenue and erosion of profit margins with the declining rand and other unplanned costs. This could spell disaster for a small business… Read More Here
Ferrit monorail Covid-Resilient Operations Mining Equipment Mining technology 

Benefits tailor-made by Ferrit

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Ferrit is the Czech company, which is on the worldwide market, more than 27 years. During this period, we have installed more than 5 000 products worldwide. Among of our main territories belongs Russia, Poland and China, but we are targeting also to other continents like Africa, Australia etc. Ferrit’s portfolio covers all types of mining transport which is suspended monorail, railbound and wheel transport. To ensure the transport of people, material and ore, or coal in the conditions of ore mines and coal mines, with the risk of gas explosion,… Read More Here
Nampundwe 01 Mining in Zambia 

Nampundwe Mine records steady increase in production

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KCM general manager for corporate affairs Shapi Shachinda says Nampundwe Mine, a pyrite mine in Shibuyunji district, has steadily increased production since the beginning of the 2020/2021 financial year in April, breaking a decade long production record during the second quarter of the year. Shachinda said prior to April 2020, the mine was producing around 2,000 tonnes of pyrite per month with the change coming in April and May when it produced over 4,000 tonnes before hitting the 5,000 tonnes mark in June. Shachinda noted that the Nampundwe pyrite mine… Read More Here
School Corporate social responsibility Mining in Zambia 

FQM is sending school to children | Zambia

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FQM Kansanshi’s School-on-Radio initiative is making waves. With almost four million school-age children in Zambia forced to stay at home since closures to prevent COVID-19’s spread began in mid-March, the disruption to these children’s education cannot be overstated. Government e-learning schemes and television programming may have mitigated some of the damage in privileged households, but Zambia’s rural population is most at risk of getting left behind.  First Quantum Minerals (FQM) saw the warning signs and, through its Kansanshi Foundation and a partnership with the Solwezi District Education Board, launched the School-on-Radio… Read More Here
Busanga Dam Hydro power plant Electricity Energy Mining in DRC 

Minister Eustache Muhanzi on a mission to assess the Busanga dam in Lualaba | DRC

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The Minister of Hydraulic Resources and Electricity, Eustache Muhanzi Mubenmbe, carries out, from September 1 to September 7, 2020, an official mission in the provinces of Haut-Katanga and Lualaba to assess the construction works of the hydroelectric dam of Busanga but also the progress of rehabilitation works at the Koni and Sombwe power plants.  At the Busanga stage, the Minister of Hydraulic Resources was accompanied by the governor of Lualaba, Richard Muyej, as well as a strong delegation from the National Electricity Company (SNEL). ” We are very happy. We… Read More Here

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