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CSOs in DRC demands the rebalancing of mining contracts for Tenke Fungurume, Sicomine and Sachim 1 Environment Social Governance (ESG) Mining in DRC 

CSOs in DRC demands the rebalancing of mining contracts for Tenke Fungurume, Sicomine and Sachim

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At the end of the mines and hydrocarbons week held in Kinshasa from Tuesday November 29 to Friday December 02, 2022, some forty civil society organizations, grouped together within a synergy of action for the protection, monitoring and citizen control of the natural resources of the Democratic Republic of Congo, made recommendations to take advantage of the various opportunities and meet the challenges facing the DRC.  After the Congolese government recovers assets from Ventora, civil society turns the page on Gertler and focuses on other cases. As a result, it calls… Read More Here
Anglo American partners with Wits University to transform the Johannesburg Planetarium into a world-class digital hub for public benefit 2 Environment Social Governance (ESG) Corporate social responsibility International 

Anglo American partners with Wits University to transform the Johannesburg Planetarium into a world-class digital hub for public benefit

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Anglo American and the University of the Witwatersrand (“Wits”) yesterday launched a partnership to refurbish, expand, and digitalise the 62-year-old Johannesburg Planetarium into a modern, multidisciplinary research, training, and science education hub. The refurbishment of the historical Johannesburg Planetarium into the new Wits Anglo American Digital Dome will support efforts towards digitalisation and the regeneration of the City of Johannesburg as a smart city. Designed by leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) researchers, scientists, digital artists and quantum computing engineers, the Digital Dome will enable university students and the broader public to… Read More Here
Eurasian Resources Group and the University of Kolwezi develop curriculum to meet mining skills demand in the DRC  3 Environment Social Governance (ESG) Corporate social responsibility Mining in DRC 

Eurasian Resources Group and the University of Kolwezi develop curriculum to meet mining skills demand in the DRC 

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The collaboration, culminating in the ERG Mining Academy, will enhance engineering degrees through a unique post-graduate programme to build critical mining-related competencies Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) and the University of Kolwezi (UNIKOL) have partnered to launch the ERG Mining Academy, with its first student intake in January 2023. The collaboration will see UNIKOL partnering with global teaching institutions, such as the University of Mons, and ERG as an industry partner, to develop a post-graduate engineering curriculum with a focus on exploration, geology, metallurgy, mining and cross-cutting subjects, including ESG. Benedikt… Read More Here
Mining cooperatives in Haut-Katanga, denounce the invasion of their sites 4 Mining in DRC Environment Social Governance (ESG) Mining Policy 

Mining cooperatives in Haut-Katanga, denounce the invasion of their sites

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Artisanal miners in Haut-Katanga have been denouncing the invasion of their mining sites for nearly a month. However, they specify, they hold contracts of these mining squares in good and due form. In an update made on Saturday in Lubumbashi, the Fundi Mining company, for example, located near Mwandigusha, nearly 70 kilometers from the town of Likasi, said it was surprised by the presence of a strong team of soldiers and police sent and explaining that they came on behalf of the provincial Ministry of Mines in Haut-Katanga, and invaded this… Read More Here
Glencore reaches agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo over past conduct 5 Environment Social Governance (ESG) Governance Mining Policy 

Glencore reaches agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo over past conduct

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Glencore has reached an agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo (“DRC”) covering all present and future claims arising from any alleged acts of corruption by the Glencore Group in the DRC between 2007 and 2018 (“Agreement”). This includes activities in certain Group businesses that have been the subject of various investigations by, amongst others, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the DRC’s National Financial Intelligence Unit and Ministry of Justice. Under the Agreement, Glencore International AG, on behalf of its Congolese-associated companies, will pay the DRC US$180… Read More Here
MAAMBA COLLIERIES LTD. WINS  ZACCI AWARD FOR  SUSTAINABLE WORKFORCE IN ZAMBIA 6 Coal Environment Social Governance (ESG) Mining in Zambia 

MAAMBA COLLIERIES LTD. WINS  ZACCI AWARD FOR  SUSTAINABLE WORKFORCE IN ZAMBIA

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LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – Maamba Collieries Limited has been recognised by the Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI) for its best practices in managing its workforce and resilience during the pandemic. Under the theme “Business Resilience, Using Disruptions to Bounce Back”, ZACCI recognised MCL’s sustainable workforce and resilience through innovation as key factors in building a positive dynamic industry that generates a supportive work environment promoting well-being, worker attitudes and increased efficiency in the use of resources. Maamba Collieries Chief Executive Officer Lt Col Cyrus Minwalla (Retd) said the company was… Read More Here
Glencore pays $180 million to the DRC to settle corruption claims 7 Mining in DRC Environment Social Governance (ESG) Governance 

Glencore pays $180 million to the DRC to settle corruption claims

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Miner and commodities giant Glencore (LON: GLEN) said on Monday it will pay the Democratic Republic of Congo $180 million to settle all alleged corruption claims in the country between 2007 and 2018. The Swiss firm said the latest deal covers all activities that have been the subject of probes by the DRC’s National Financial Intelligence Unit and Ministry of Justice, and the United States Department of Justice over the 11-year period. This includes the company’s payment of $27.5 million in bribes to the DRC between 2010 and 2013. “Glencore is a long-standing investor… Read More Here
CONGOLESE TOWN TO ‘DISAPPEAR’ TO GIVE WAY FOR COBALT MINES 8 Mining in DRC Cobalt Environment Social Governance (ESG) 

CONGOLESE TOWN TO ‘DISAPPEAR’ TO GIVE WAY FOR COBALT MINES

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Houses in the Gecamine district of the DRC on the edge of the abyss of the Chinese mining company COMMUS, downtown Kolwezi. Once a thriving neighborhood of neat houses and tree-shaded avenues, this district of the city of Kolwezi is now nearly destroyed.  “We are finished,” said Alphonse Fwamba Mutombo, standing on a rubble overlooking an open-cast cobalt mine in Kolwezi, south eastern DR Congo. His had once been a thriving neighborhood of neat houses and tree-shaded avenues. Today, the wreckage of demolished houses, separated from the sprawling pit by… Read More Here
CONSTRUCTIONS SKILLS BUILD LINKS TO LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES IN NWP 9 Mining in Zambia Environment Social Governance (ESG) 

CONSTRUCTIONS SKILLS BUILD LINKS TO LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES IN NWP

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KALUMBILA, ZAMBIA – Local people have graduated with skills in construction and carpentry that will help them gain business in the expanding mining town of Kalumbila.The training programme organised by FQM Trident is the latest move by the mine to help provide local people with the ability to offer competitive services to the mine and surrounding businesses in the area.FQM Trident’s support towards bridging the skills gap of local people through such interventions by its Trident Foundation has also drawn praise from government representatives.Speaking during a graduation ceremony of 30 local… Read More Here
Zimbabwe to enact a law that forbids the export of mineral concentrates 10 International Environment Social Governance (ESG) Lithium 

Zimbabwe to enact a law that forbids the export of mineral concentrates

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In a few days to come, Zimbabwe will gazette a law that will ban exports of raw minerals and concentrates to enable the country to fully benefit from its mineral wealth without having to export more jobs. Speaking at the official commissioning of the US$67 million new Central Shaft Expansion Project at Blanket Mine in Gwanda town, President Mnangagwa said the move to ban exports of raw lithium comes at a time when Chinese Nationals were getting the commodity at a song in Mberengwa depriving the people of fair value.… Read More Here

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