CKM NEWSLETTER 19-09-2022

DRC & Zambia Cobalt Marketing Could Draw Inspiration from SADC’s Diamond Sales System

The NGO Southern African Resources Watch (SARW) has in a recently published policy brief entitled “Harmonization of lithium battery manufacturing policies in Southern Africa: collaboration between the DRC and Zambia”, recommended to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia to draw inspiration from the marketing systems used by the SADC countries, in their implementation of the joint marketing… Read full details

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• Mining Sector’s Failure to Seek New Copper Jeopardizes Entire Energy Transition
• Update on the Rehabilitation of the Mutuka Dyke in Kolwezi by Sicomines Sa
• Zambian Govt Praises Social and Economic Development Interventions From Fqm
• FQM Launches Campaign to Enhance Employee Health and Safety  
• Uganda Will ‘Go Ahead’ With Totalenergies Megaproject Despite EU Criticism
• The Biden Administration Sets Conditions for Investing in The DRC Mining Sector
• Illicit Minerals Trade Fuelling Insecurities in the Eastern DRC (US Congress Bureau of Investigation Report)

• Next Generation CAT 789 Mining Truck
• Glencore Eyes Adding Lithium to Trading Business — Report
• Ivanhoe Mine’s Ivanplats Receives Final $225 Million Prepayment Under Platreef Streaming Agreements
• South Africa Urged to Consider Its Contribution to The Global Battery Value Chain
• Gold Price Holds Steady as Traders Weigh Fed Rate Path
  
• Copper Price Falls as Markets Brace for US Rate Hikes

Lithium carbonate hit a fresh record of $71,315 a ton in China…

The surge in prices of lithium, the key battery material used to power electric cars, is seemingly unstoppable. Lithium carbonate hit a fresh record of 500,500 yuan ($71,315) a ton in China Friday, according to data from Asian Metal Inc. Prices more than tripled in the past year, inflating the cost of batteries used in electric vehicles, with recent gains driven by strong demand and disruptions at… Read full details

Tertiary Minerals has signed a cooperation agreement with First Quantum Minerals…

Aim-trade mineral exploration and development company Tertiary Minerals has signed a cooperation agreement with copper major First Quantum Minerals (FQM), which executive chairperson Patrick Cheetham says will “turbo-charge” its Zambian exploration efforts. The agreement covers Tertiary’s Mukai and Mushima North project interests, directly adjacent to FQM’s Trident project, which includes the… Read full details

Tantalex Lithium Resources is pleased to announce the results of the metallurgical testwork on a 331 kg composite bulk sample…

Tantalex Lithium Resources Corp. is pleased to announce the results of the metallurgical testwork on a 331 kg composite bulk sample (sub sample of the approx. 2 tonne sample taken from drillholes locations MDC047, MDC056 and MDC 064 ) collected from the K-dump at the Manono Reclamation Project located in the Tanganyika province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”). Mineralogical analysis… Read full details

• Next Generation CAT 789 Mining Truck
• Glencore Eyes Adding Lithium to Trading Business — Report
• Ivanhoe Mine’s Ivanplats Receives Final $225 Million Prepayment Under Platreef Streaming Agreements
• South Africa Urged to Consider Its Contribution to The Global Battery Value Chain
• Gold Price Holds Steady as Traders Weigh Fed Rate Path

Kipushi Corporation SA, a joint venture between Ivanhoe and DRC state-owned mining company Gécamines, recently hosted a breaking-ground ceremony…

Ivanhoe Mines President Marna Cloete is pleased to announce that Kipushi Corporation SA (KICO), a joint venture between Ivanhoe and DRC state-owned mining company Gécamines, recently hosted a breaking-ground ceremony to commemorate the start of construction of the processing plant at the historic Kipushi zinc-copper-germanium-silver mine. In addition, Ivanhoe signed a memorandum of understanding… Read full details

Sama Lukonde chaired the signing ceremony of an MoU between Primera Group Limited, an Emirati consortium and the Congolese government,…

Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde Kyenge chaired, in his office, at the Primature, this Saturday, September 17, 2022, the signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding between the company Primera Group Limited, an Emirati consortium, who represented the private sector of the United Arab Emirates and the Congolese government, represented by the Ministry of Mines, to strengthen and increase… Read full details