Category: CKM Newsletter

            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

            The DRC & ZMB’s Top Mining News Platform Your top stories this week     Ivanhoe announced the signing of an off-take and financing term to return the historic Kipushi zinc-copper-lead-germanium mine to production …   Ivanhoe Mines Executive Co-Chair Robert Friedland and President Marna Cloete, together with Chairman Guy-Robert Lukama Nkunzi and General Manager Placide Nkala Basadilua of Gécamines, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s state-owned mining company, announced the signing of an off-take and financing term sheet to return the historic Kipushi zinc-copper-lead-germanium… Read More Here

          The DRC & ZMB’s Top Mining News Platform Your top stories this week     Gold production at the mine also increased by about 3kgs from 51kgs in 2021 to 54kgs in 2022…   Non-Ferrous China Africa (NFCA), a subsidiary of China Nonferrous Metals Corporation (CNMC), has reported an annual increase in copper and gold production at its Chambishi-based mine in the Kalulushi district of Zambia’s Copperbelt Province. Copper production rose by more than 5,000 tons from 62,300 tons in 2021 to 67,600 tons in… Read More Here