Category: CKM Newsletter

          The DRC & ZMB’s Top Mining News Platform Mining Stories to Kick Start Your Week     China’s CMOC Group agrees to pay a total of US$ 2billion to GECAMINES…   China’s CMOC Group has agreed to pay Congo state mining firm Gecamines $800 million to end a dispute over its Tenke Fungurume Mining (TFM) operation in the country, the Chinese company said on Tuesday July18th. CMOC said in a statement it will start paying the settlement fee this year and complete payment by 2028.… Read More Here

              The DRC & ZMB’s Top Mining News Platform Mining Stories to Kick Start Your Week     CMOC has resumed exports of copper and cobalt from TFM…   China’s CMOC Group said on Monday July 10th that it has resumed exports of copper and cobalt from its TFM mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the first confirmation of shipments after it resolved a dispute with the state miner in April. Exports from the Tenke Fungurume Mining (TFM) operation, which in 2021… Read More Here

              The DRC & ZMB’s Top Mining News Platform Mining Stories to Kick Start Your Week     KoBold Metals has emerged as a key player in catalyzing investments in critical minerals supply chain…   In a significant move towards building transparent, secure, and sustainable critical-mineral supply chains, KoBold Metals has emerged as a key player in catalyzing investments in strategic projects. The United States Ambassador to Zambia, His Excellency Michael Gonzales, commended KoBold’s efforts and emphasized the pivotal role such initiatives play in… Read More Here

            The DRC & ZMB’s Top Mining News Platform Stories to kick start your week     BeMetals announce commencement of its 2023 exploration program at the Pangeni Copper Project… BeMetals is pleased to announce commencement of its 2023 exploration program at the Pangeni Copper Project (“Pangeni” or the “Project”) in the Zambian Copperbelt. Results from core and aircore drilling during the previous program have been integrated into our geological interpretations to generate new and refined existing targets for testing this year. This year’s planned… Read More Here

            The DRC & ZMB’s Top Mining News Platform Stories to kick start your week         China’s Zijin, Norinco Group and South Africa’s Sibanye among those showing interest in Mopani… China’s Zijin Mining and Norinco Group, South Africa’s Sibanye Stillwater and an investment vehicle owned by ex-Glencore officials have been shortlisted in the race to buy Zambia’s Mopani Copper Mines, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Zambia’s mines minister Paul Kabuswe said in February there were 10 suitors for… Read More Here

            The DRC & ZMB’s Top Mining News Platform Stories to kick start your week     Copper ore and tailings from the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex in DRC have been sent to I-Pulse’s headquarters in Toulouse, France… Samples of both copper ore and tailings from the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex in DRC have been sent to I-Pulse’s headquarters in Toulouse, France, for test work. The purpose of the test work is to evaluate opportunities to increase life-of-mine copper recoveries, by either improving recoveries through the milling… Read More Here

              The DRC & ZMB’s Top Mining News Platform Your top stories this week     First Quantum Minerals will consolidate the Road and Earthworks Division, Mining Divisions… First Quantum Minerals will consolidate the Road and Earthworks Division, Mining Divisions and related supporting services currently carried out by First Quantum Mining Operations Limited (“FQMO”) with the operations at Kansanshi Mining Plc (“KMP”). FQMO was the original First Quantum Minerals corporate entity in Zambia which operated the Bwana Mkubwa mine. Following the expansion of the… Read More Here

            The DRC & ZMB’s Top Mining News Platform Your top stories this week       Kipushi Mine Redevelopment Project in the DRC is expected to produce its first copper concentrate in the third quarter of next year… In an interview, President Marna Cloete of Ivanhoé Mines says that Ivanhoé’s Kipushi Mine Redevelopment Project in the DRC is expected to produce its first copper concentrate in the third quarter of next year. According to Ivanhoé’s President Marna Cloete, “construction of the mill is now… Read More Here

            The DRC & ZMB’s Top Mining News Platform Your top stories this week     DRC to dominate the global cobalt market until 2030… In 2022 alone, the Democratic Republic of the Congo produced 115,371 tonnes of cobalt, more than two-thirds of global production. This importance of the DRC in the world supply of the green metal will have to continue until 2030, according to the projections of the Cobalt Institute, in its report of the year 2022 relating to the state of the… Read More Here

              The DRC & ZMB’s Top Mining News Platform Your top stories this week         Dolika Banda’s resignation as Chairperson of ZCCM-IH, has caused disappointment and concern among shareholders and stakeholders… The resignation of Dolika Banda, Chairperson of ZCCM-IH, has caused disappointment and concern among shareholders and stakeholders in Zambia’s mining industry. Banda’s departure has raised questions about the future of ZCCM-IH and the country’s mining interests. “As shareholders of ZCCM-IH, we have witnessed Banda’s exceptional professionalism and competence, as well… Read More Here