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Sandvik reinforces underground mining safety focus with DSI Underground buy 1

Sandvik has signed an agreement to acquire DSI Underground, a global leader in ground support and reinforcement products, systems and solutions for the underground mining and tunneling industries, from owner Triton. The OEM has agreed a purchase price of approximately €943 million ($1.15 million) on a cash and debt free basis, it said, adding that the company will be reported in the Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions division. Stefan Widing, President and CEO of Sandvik, said: “This acquisition is an important step in our growth ambition. DSI Underground’s track record… Read More Here

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Ministry of Mines in partnership with the DCAF to ensure respect for rights and security in the extractive sector- DRC

October 13, 2020October 13, 2020 admin

The Minister of Mines, Willy KITOBO SAMSONI, and his Human Rights colleague, André LITE, carried out an official mission in early October 2020 in Geneva, Switzerland to the Center for the Governance of the Security Sector (DCAF), reports a dispatch from the ministry of mines. In Geneva, the two members of the government discussed with DCAF officials with a view of benefiting from its support in the process of adhering to the Voluntary Principles of respect for rights and security in the extractive sector. On this occasion, the two ministers of… Read More Here

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BOOYCO CONTINUES TECHNOLOGY DRIVE DESPITE COVID-19

August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 arnbethnic

While the Covid-19 lockdown has forced many companies serving the mining sector to downscale, Booyco Electronics is continuing to apply and develop its technologies for safer, more productive mining operations. With its nationwide team of some 180 field technicians serving opencast and underground mines – by far the largest footprint among players in this field – the proximity detection specialist has remained hard at work. While supporting those coal mines that worked through Level 5 and Level 4, the company has also been assisting customers to ramp up to full… Read More Here

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UNEP launches new global industry standard for safe tailings management

August 6, 2020August 7, 2020 arnbethnic

The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has just issued, on Wednesday August 5, 2020, the first standard on the safe management of tailings in the mining sector applicable to all existing and future installations, regardless of their location and of their operator, reports un.org. This standard was developed through an independent review process (Global Tailings Review (GTR), following the tragic collapse of the Brumadinho tailings facility in Brazil, which resulted in the deaths of at least 250 people in January 2019. “The global industrial standard on tailings management is… Read More Here

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KCM’s Nchanga cave-in section collapses without any injuries | Zambia

July 17, 2020July 17, 2020 arnbethnic

Zambian mining firm Konkola Copper Mines, a subsidiary of UK-based Vedanta Resources, has confirmed the expected cave-in at its Nchanga openpit mine has occurred without any injuries. In a media statement, the company said 3 million tonnes of material over 370 metres around the epicenter of the failure zone had collapsed, as had been predicted using the firm’s slope montoring systems. The collapse at the mine, which is the second-largest opencast mine in the world, occurred without any threats to the safety of employees or people in communities near the mine area, said KCM. The… Read More Here

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Mining Firms Directed to Release Confined Workers-Congo

July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 Copperbelt Katanga News

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has given all copper and cobalt companies a month to release confined workers by ending these practices In an open letter, Labour Minister Nene Ilunga Nkula was quoted as saying that the spread of Covid-19 could be slowed down if the practice of restricting workers to the site ended. In addition to dismissing workers, companies must provide health care, housing, and healthy nutrition to locked-in workers and their families. The letter published on Twitter states that: “All mining companies that have restricted workers… Read More Here

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Glencore-Mutanda Mining’s Response to NGO letter to industrial operators in DRC regarding COVID-19

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 arnbethnic

As a responsible operator, Glencore’s top priority is to protect the safety and health of our employees and the communities that host our businesses. Our teams in the DRC work closely with local government, unions, the provincial health agency and other key stakeholders to provide effective local solutions to COVID-19. This includes temperature controls, PPE (Individual Protection Equipment), disinfectants and hand washing stations, social distance. To date, our operations in the DRC have donated more than $1 million in medical equipment to Lualaba health authorities and are committed to providing… Read More Here

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Zambia’s KCM warns part of Nchanga openpit mine about to collapse

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020 arnbethnic

Zambia’s Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), a unit of diversified miner Vedanta Resources, has closed part of its openpit mine as a portion of the pit is about to collapse, the chief executive officer said late on Thursday. KCM predicted that part of the Nchanga Open Pit in Chingola in Zambia’s Copperbelt area will cave in “anytime” in the next five days after geotechnical assessments detected some slope instability. The slough – or caving in of the ground – manifested so far through tension cracks opening up is likely to stretch… Read More Here

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ICMM paves the way for responsible mining practice

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020 arnbethnic

The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) and its 27 mining and metals member companies proactively use mining as a catalyst for change by improving the lives of people in mining host communities. Now, during this unprecedented global crisis, the ICMM and its members are supporting local response efforts, working with community members and organisations in often remote locations to identify and help meet specific needs, Dr NICKY BLACK, director of the Social and Economic Development Programme tells CHANTELLE KOTZE. Led by Black, the ICMM’s social and economic development programme aims… Read More Here

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Two killed in Liberia gold mine collapse

May 6, 2020May 6, 2020 Copperbelt Katanga News

Two people died when an informal gold mine in western Liberia collapsed early Tuesday, the National Disaster Management Agency said. The collapse occurred at a mining center in Grand Cape Mount County, Deputy Minister of Mines Emmanuel Swen and other government officials said. “Fourteen people, ages 20 to 28, visited a mine overnight to illegally dig gravel believed to contain gold. Four of them were trapped, leaving two dead and two injured,” said Archievego Doe , a spokesman for the National Disaster Management Agency. Edwin Koha, the mayor of the… Read More Here