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Hanson Sindowe Mining in Zambia Energy 

The story of Hanson Sindowe and the Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC)

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Hanson Sindowe is the last person you would expect to be one of Zambia’s richest; he grew up the son of a policeman in a family of farmers in the village of Kalomo, 120 kilometres north of Livingstone. It’s a place thousands of kilometres from where he made his fortune on power distribution along Zambia’s copper belt, the lifeblood of the country.  Sindowe is the engineer, who wanted to be a pilot, but ended up buying Zambia’s copper belt power distribution company, Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC,) in 2006 for $120… Read More Here
Perenco Energy Mining in DRC Oil & Gas Petroleum 

Perenco Oil Company DRC | A Brief Profile

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Perenco is currently the only oil company operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Since 2000, the company has invested heavily in new wells and has demonstrated on a daily basis the know-how and ingenuity of its teams in a very isolated context. Production 2018 25,000 BOEPD   Activities Perenco operates 11 fields onshore and offshore in the DRC with an average production of 25,000 boepd. The onshore drilling programme started in 2002 and allowed the commissioning of about 25 wells per year. The total gross production is… Read More Here
CEC lines Mining in Zambia Energy 

Zambia Renown Copper Miner Fights $132 Million Electricity Bill

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Vedanta Resources Ltd.’s Zambian entity in preliminary liquidation is struggling to keep the lights on after a power company has threatened to cut supply on a $ 132 million bill, according to court records. Zambia’s largest single electricity consumer, Konkola Copper Mines Plc, received an injunction from the High Court on May 13, Copperbelt Energy Corp. prevented it from containing its electricity. KCM denies the payment requested by CEC and says that electricity restrictions would cause irreparable damage to its facilities, according to an affidavit from the mining company.Vedanta Resources… Read More Here
DRC Reduces Fuel Pump attendant Mining in DRC Energy Petroleum 

The Governement of DRC Reduces Fuel Pump Price by 10-20%

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The government of DRC reduces fuel pump prices ranging between 10% – 20%. Acacia Bandubola Mbongo, Minister of the National Economy, signed decrees on Tuesday (May 5th) to reduce the price of petroleum products throughout the country. This new pricing is applicable as of Thursday, May 7. The government, in the minutes of the Council of Ministers on Monday, May 4, announced that it had reached a compromise with the tankers for the lower price of fuel at the pump following the global price drop due to the Coronavirus pandemic.… Read More Here
Zambia power deficit not affecting mining 3 Copper Energy Mining in Zambia 

Zambia power deficit not affecting mining

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Zambia’s power supply deficit has grown by nearly 20% since September, state power utility Zesco said on Friday, despite massive price hikes and government fastracking support for green energy projects to fight drought-induced electricity shortages. Zesco’s Director of Corporate Services Patrick Mwila told a media briefing the electricity deficit had grown to 810 megawatts (MW) from a 690 MW gap in September. The senior executive said a deal to import 300 MW from South Africa’s struggling power utility Eskom had expired and would not be renewed. MINING COMPANIES INCLUDING FIRST… Read More Here
Boosting the gas-power generation sector 4 Energy International 

Boosting the gas-power generation sector

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  NYSE-listed Cummins has introduced its latest gas product innovation, the C25G gas generator series, to the global power generation market. The C25G series is engineered to deliver superior fuel efficiency, with a power density of 500 kW and 580 kW from a 25 litre engine, while providing reduced maintenance costs per kWh. Together with inter-connectivity across the Cummins gas product range, and the vast support network, the C25G has been designed to support any gas-power need. This new series offers a total package of gas-generator capabilities for combined heat… Read More Here
Maamba mitigates power risk at Lake Kariba 5 Electricity Energy Mining in Zambia 

Maamba mitigates power risk at Lake Kariba

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Falling water levels in Kariba have necessitated Maamba Collieries (MCL) to relocate its pumps to a new location in the Kariba Lake to provide water essential for the boilers of its 300-Megawatt power plant. MCL runs two power generating units, with a capacity of 150 MW, each of which consumes about 9,000 m3 of water a day when running at full capacity. Low rainfall during the last wet season caused water levels at the primary location of the pump station in Lake Kariba to drop dramatically from the usual 9-m depths… Read More Here
Hydrogen fuel cell mining set to cut Amplats’ greenhouse gas emissions – Griffith 6 Energy 

Hydrogen fuel cell mining set to cut Amplats’ greenhouse gas emissions – Griffith

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JOHANNESBURG  – The introduction of hydrogen fuel cell mining in response to climate change is poised to cut the greenhouse gas emissions of platinum group metals (PGMs) mining company Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) by 30%. A large enabler of this significant reduction is the introduction of hydrogen fuel cell mining trucks, outgoing CEO Chris Griffith said on Monday at the company’s presentation of superlative 2019 results. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.) “These trucks will use green hydrogen generated from solar photovoltaic farms and will have zero carbon emissions. We’re on track… Read More Here
Rio Tinto investing in 34 MW solar plant at Pilbara mine 7 Energy 

Rio Tinto investing in 34 MW solar plant at Pilbara mine

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Diversified mining company Rio Tinto is investing in its first company-owned solar facility, with about 100 000 solar panels set to supply electricity to its new Koodaideri mine in Australia’s Pilbara. The company is investing $98-million in a 34 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant, which is complemented by a 12 MWh battery energy storage system in Tom Price to help power its entire Pilbara power network. The PV plant is expected to supply all Koodaideri’s electricity demand during peak solar power generation times and about 65% of the mine’s average electricity… Read More Here
South Africa’s power crisis puts mining sector at risk 8 Energy 

South Africa’s power crisis puts mining sector at risk

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South Africa’s dire power situation is putting pressure on many commercial and industrial players that rely heavily on stable supply. According to Ted Blom, independent power and mining expert and commentator and a partner at Energy & Mining Advisors: “More than 30 percent of South African mining projects will be terminated prematurely due to additional power costs if suitable solutions are not found within the next 12 months.” His comments follow Mineral Resource and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe’s announcement last week at Mining Indaba that the government had conceded that it… Read More Here

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