Events & Expos - Copperbelt Katanga Mining

Women in mining: New beginnings and opportunities

July 27, 2020July 28, 2020 arnbethnic

A record number of ladies tuned in for the DRC-focused Women in Mining live webinar session during Digital DRC Mining Week that took place from 17-19 June. WIM_DRC was first established in Lubumbashi at last year’s conference and exhibition and aims to end all forms of discrimination against women in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) mining sector and to develop the DRC by integrating the gender approach to ensure good governance, fairness and transparency. The 47 participants of the WIM_DRC webinar included members of parliament, state and civil service… Read More Here

Events & Expos Mining in DRC

WIDE INDUSTRY SUPPORT AS DRC MINING WEEK IS MOVED TO JUNE 2021

July 17, 2020July 17, 2020 arnbethnic

WE ARE COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING THE DRCThe organisers of the long running DRC Mining Week expo and conference, have announced that the live event, which was to take place in Lubumbashi from 7-9 October this year, has been moved to 15-17 June 2021. “We have taken the decision to postpone following a period of continuous engagement with our stakeholders and customers” says David Ashdown, MD of Clarion Events Africa, the organisers of DRC Mining Week for the last 16 years. He admits that it was a tough decision, “due to… Read More Here

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Investment in (DRC) Infrastructure and Energy is Paramount

July 14, 2020July 14, 2020 arnbethnic

Kinshasa will welcome a broad base of international and African investors to the first ever DRC Energy & Infrastructure Investment Summit, organized by Africa Oil & Power (AOP) (www.AfricaOilAndPower.com), in 2021; the African Energy Chamber is a strategic launch partner and AOP will draw on its network in China, Europe and across Africa, including South Africa, to promote investment in oil and gas, power, mining and infrastructure; the DRC has one of Africa’s largest and most diverse endowments of mineral resources and a need to develop infrastructure nationwide. The event will… Read More Here

Events & Expos Covid-19 Mining in DRC

DRC Mining Week Postponed to 15-17 June 2021

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020 arnbethnic

The DRC Mining Week event that was firstly slated for June 2020, later was moved to October 2020 has finally been moved to June 2021. Below is an emailed statement received from the organisers, Clarion Events Africa. “Following a period of continuous engagement with our stakeholders and customers, and due to the status of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the extended state of emergency extended by the government of the DRC, Clarion Events Africa (formerly Spintelligent) has taken the decision to postpone DRC Mining Week. The event, which was to… Read More Here

International Events & Expos

Electra Mining Africa 2020 cancelled due to Covid-19

May 30, 2020May 30, 2020 arnbethnic

Specialised Exhibitions, a division of the Montgomery Group and organisers of Southern Africa’s leading mining, manufacturing, automation, electrical, and power trade exhibition, Electra Mining Africa, has announced that the 2020 show, due to take place from 7-11 September at the Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The next edition of the show will be held from 5-9 September 2022 at the same venue. “Following the measures declared by the President of South Africa on Sunday the 15th of March when a national… Read More Here