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DRC industry resilient, but current challenges require closer engagement 1 Mining in DRC Events & Expos 

DRC industry resilient, but current challenges require closer engagement

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Speaking at the official opening of DRC Mining Week 2022 – H.E. Antoninette Nsamba Kalambayi, minister for the ministry of mines in the DRC, highlighted the resilience the country’s mining industry has shown throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. “The mining industry, through the Chamber of Mines and FEC (Federation des Enterprises) have also shown support to the ministry and for that I thank everyone,” the minister said. Her Excellency noted that even though the world, and the DRC, has been impacted by the pandemic, she reminded the audience of the war… Read More Here
DRC Mining Community Prepares for June Big Bash in Lubumbashi as DRC Mining Week Returns 2 Mining in DRC Events & Expos 

DRC Mining Community Prepares for June Big Bash in Lubumbashi as DRC Mining Week Returns

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It’s official, DRC Mining Week is back in Lubumbashi from 1–3 June, and to say that the industry is excited about its homecoming is an understatement. This long-running, award-winning and flagship expo and conference returns to the heart of the Copperbelt and the bustling mining hub of the DRC to celebrate the region’s unlimited resilience, successes and opportunities. The event boasts longstanding and loyal support from many sector leaders, including ERG Africa, FBN Bank and Glencore, who are diamond sponsors, while Equity BCDC, Orange and Standard Bank are platinum plus sponsors. Other… Read More Here
African leaders talk up policy reform and regional cooperation in the mining sector 3 Economy Battery Metals Cobalt Copper Corporate social responsibility Events & Expos 

African leaders talk up policy reform and regional cooperation in the mining sector

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The Invest in Africa Mining Indaba heard that African leaders are waking up to the fact that the continent stands at the precipice of a generational opportunity to reinvent itself and participate in meaningful economic upliftment as the global energy transition accelerates. But to get there, several African leaders spoke of ongoing policy reforms to attract new investment and create new regional value chains to service the emerging green economy. South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, told the Indaba audience that policy reforms were at the core of what was required… Read More Here
Mining Indaba: Robert Friedland: ‘World economy can’t change unless we develop a lot more mines’ 4 Events & Expos 

Mining Indaba: Robert Friedland: ‘World economy can’t change unless we develop a lot more mines’

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Global mining personality and financier Robert Friedland has singled out Africa and the Arabian Shield as the venues where the world’s future-facing minerals and metals will be responsibly produced. “This is where humanity is going to make it or break it,” he told the Investing in Africa Mining Indaba currently underway in Cape Town, South Africa. He points out that the large copper mines in Latin America are aging and declining in grade, requiring increasing amounts of fossil-fuel-derived energy to process ever-increasing tonnages to keep up with historical production. “They’re very low… Read More Here
Sama Lukonde reaffirms DRC govt's determination on the creation of electric battery manufacturing plants at the local level 5 Battery Metals Events & Expos Mining in DRC 

Sama Lukonde reaffirms DRC govt’s determination on the creation of electric battery manufacturing plants at the local level

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May 11 in Cape Town, South Africa, on the sidelines of the Indaba Mining investing Forum, the Prime Minister, Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde answered questions from the press. The head of the Congolese government combed through all the relevant issues at the center of the Indaba Mining conference.  Taking advantage of this opportunity, he reaffirmed loud and clear the determination of the Democratic Republic of Congo to position itself, in Africa, in the production of electric batteries with regard to a large deposit of Lithium available to the Country. is an ongoing… Read More Here
Mining Indaba: Africa’s accelerated energy transition should leave no-one behind  6 Career Energy Events & Expos 

Mining Indaba: Africa’s accelerated energy transition should leave no-one behind 

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As the world pivots towards a green energy transition in the fight against climate change, Africa faces a generational opportunity to create new supply chains drawing upon its ‘Aladdin’s cave’- like endowment of mineral wealth, a keynote panel at the African Mining Indaba heard on Tuesday.  The emerging message is that while the transition forces the creation of new industries and value chains, those enrolled in the legacy mining operations such as thermal coal should not be left behind.   While it will take the formation of meaningful public-private partnerships… Read More Here
Sama Lukonde at the Mining Indaba/2022: "The DRC carries global hope, not only in the mining sector but also in the environment" 7 Mining in DRC Events & Expos 

Sama Lukonde at the Mining Indaba/2022: “The DRC carries global hope, not only in the mining sector but also in the environment”

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Prime Minister Sama Lukonde represents the President of the Republic, Félix Tshisekedi, at this year’s Mining Indaba Forum where he is the VIP of the DRC, talking about the assets and opportunities for investment in the mining sector and even in the ecological transition of the Central African giant. Presenting the country with immense potential, the head of the Congolese government declared in front of all the assistance at Mining Indaba/2022 that “the Democratic Republic of Congo carries a planetary hope, not only in the mining sector but also that… Read More Here
Mining Indaba: Bristow pleads with African miners to create ‘partnerships for prosperity’ 8 Events & Expos 

Mining Indaba: Bristow pleads with African miners to create ‘partnerships for prosperity’

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A renewed focus on creating meaningful partnerships between miners, host communities and governments is quintessential to unlocking economic prosperity for African stakeholders, Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) CEO Mark Bristow told the audience at Investing in Africa Mining Indaba on Monday. The chief executive of the world’s second-largest gold producer by volume calls it “partnerships for prosperity,” which he believes is critical for building Africa into a resource powerhouse. Bristow pointed out one of the biggest tests for partnership the world ever faced was the arrival of covid-19. “Historians… Read More Here
Zambia and SA wooing investors at 2022 Mining Indaba 9 Events & Expos Mining in Zambia 

Zambia and SA wooing investors at 2022 Mining Indaba

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ZAMBIA’S President Hakainde Hichilema blasted fresh air through the Africa Mining Indaba yesterday when he delivered the speech that Mineral Resource and Energy Minister Mantashe should have given only moments before. This was according to Peter Leon, a partner and Africa chair of international law firm Herbert Smith Freehlls, following Mantashe’s address at the opening of the first Energy Indaba to be held in two years.Story continues below Advertisment ”Like Mantashe, President Hichilema told delegates that Zambia was open for business. However, unlike Mantashe, the president elevated the private sector… Read More Here
2022 mining Indaba summit kicked off in South Africa 10 Events & Expos 

2022 mining Indaba summit kicked off in South Africa

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The 2022 Mining Indaba summit began on Monday in Cape Town South Africa. The summit is scheduled to run until the end of the week and intends to highlight the issue surrounding mining in Africa. Speaking during the opening of the summit, the Zambian president called upon elected leaders in their respective countries to be responsible for their duties. “All of us on this continent should not accept the fact that we don’t have sufficient power to drive our mining sector and other industries. We do have. We have just… Read More Here

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