CKM NEWSLETTER 04-12-2023

The proposed investment in Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) stands as IRH’s most substantial single investment so far…

International Resources Holding RSC Limited (IRH), an affiliate of Abu Dhabi’s conglomerate International Holding Company PJSC (IHC), the UAE’s most valuable listed company and the GCC region’s second most valuable, has been chosen as the preferred strategic equity partner (SEP). IRH has set a strategy to invest in crucial minerals and establish a new entity covering the entire metals and mining… Read full details

• Sandvik Equipment Tender to Bolster Kamoa-Kakula Copper Operation
• Glencore’s Mutanda Mine Faces Cobalt Output Decline Due to Ore Depletion
• FQM Mine Faces Shutdown in Panama After Ruling, Confirms President
• Panama’s Top Court Rules FQM Contract Unconstitutional

• FQM Reaches Salary Agreements with Union Amid Mine Access Protests
• Porto Do Lobito Union Celebrates Enhanced Working Conditions and Worker Reintegration

• Ivanhoe Announces the Discovery of 21 Million Tonnes of Mineral Resources With a Grade of 3.56% Copper in Makoko and Kiala
• DRC Government Unveils $60m Strategic Plan for Mineral Exploration and Certification 

• First Quantum Reports Fatalities at Kansanshi, Sentinel Operations
• Ivanhoe Mines Announces the Kitoko Sedimentary Copper Discovery in Western Foreland in the DRC
• Ivanhoe Mines to Commence Exploration Activities in Angola
• Global Uranium Prices Hit 15-Year High, Surpassing $80 USD Per Pound Milestone
• Barrick Announces Additional Investment in Hercules Silver

Rome Resources has unveiled its plans to acquire interests in promising tin assets located in North Kivu, DRC…

Rome Resources, a company actively engaged in tin exploration in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has unveiled its plans to acquire interests in promising tin assets located in North Kivu. This move is anticipated to significantly impact the African tin production landscape, with the arrival of a London-listed company potentially drawing increased investments into the sector. On November 30 2023 Rome Resources made public the signing… Read the full article

We are sad to hear that many people died at a small mine site in Chingola. We pray for the families and friends of those who died…

A terrible accident recently happened in Chingola on the Copperbelt, where some people who were mining illegally got stuck after the ground caved in on them. This made a team of helpers from Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) and the Mines Safety Department work together quickly to save them. A TV crew from ZNBC was there yesterday and said that the helpers are taking out water from the holes where the… Read full details

DRC and Zambian governments should to develop comprehensive policies regarding the extraction and enrichment of critical minerals, for industrial and economic transformation…

Joint calls from activists in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia urge the governments of both nations to develop comprehensive policies regarding the extraction and enrichment of critical minerals, aligning them with industrial and economic transformation. In a combined statement, civil society organizations have issued recommendations to the authorities of Congo and Zambia… Read full details

Ivanhoe Announces the Discovery of 21 Million Tonnes of Mineral Resources With a Grade of 3.56% Copper in Makoko and Kiala

DRC Government Unveils $60m Strategic Plan for Mineral Exploration and Certification

Sandvik Equipment Tender to Bolster Kamoa-Kakula Copper Operation

Glencore’s Mutanda Mine Faces Cobalt Output Decline Due to Ore Depletion

Zambia’s Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development, has unveiled a nationwide comprehensively survey and mapping of the country’s abundant mineral reserves…

Zambia’s, Acting Mines and Minerals Development Minister, Chipoka Mulenga has unveiled a nationwide initiative to comprehensively survey and map the country’s abundant mineral reserves. This strategic effort is aimed at providing the Zambian government with an in-depth understanding of its diverse mineral deposits. Highlighting progress, Mr. Mulenga announced the completion of geological survey… Read full details