CKM NEWSLETTER 20-06-2022

Copperbelt Katanga Mining News | 2022

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Rothschild & Co. has been engaged to assist with the strategic review of Mopani

Rothschild & Co. has been engaged to assist with the strategic review of Mopani Copper Mines Plc This engagement follows a competitive procurement process in which five other companies, both local and international, participated. Rothschild & Co has extensive experience and an established reputation as a leading global financial services group, with a history of over 200 years… Read full details

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Ø     Congo Miner Threatens to Seize Cobalt Project from Chinese Partner

Ø     SNEL Brings the Bukanga-Lonzo Substation back into Service- Drc

Ø     EU Turns to Egypt in The Rush to Replace Russian Gas

Ø     DRC-Mines: The Company NRGI Ready to Support the Government in the Context of the Energy Transition

Ø     FQM Trident Limited, Signs a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) With Four Union Bodies

Ø    ERG Africa’s Metalkol Wins Three Awards for Galvanising and Mentoring Women in the Democratic Republic of Congo 

Ø     Smart Mining: The Benefits of Developing Digital Mines

Ø     Holding Mining Houses to a Higher Standard

Ø     Ghana Seeks Strategic Partner to Upgrade Valco Aluminium Smelter

Ø    Chinese Mining Companies Paid USD 1.3 Billion to the DRC Public Treasury in 2021, 

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Ø    The ARSP Director General to Verify the Application of Subcontracting Law in Haut Katanga, DRC

Ø     Sinomine Invests $200m in Zimbabwe Lithium Project

Ø     “The Challenges to be Met in the Mining Sector of The DRC” ,Willy Kitobo’s Cry for the Development of the Mining Sector

A report by New York University’s Congo Study Group (GEC) and its research partner Ebuteli

In their report released on Tuesday, New York University’s Congo Study Group (GEC) and its research partner Ebuteli put the control of Congolese minerals back at the heart of the resurgence of M23 and the launch of the joint FARDC-UPDF operation. The two research entities explain that Dott Services, which was chosen to carry out the construction of the roads linking the DRC to Uganda, is a… Read full details

Vedanta has offered to invest up to $1.5-billion in KCM if it resumes control of the mine.

Zambia’s decision to take control of a copper mine in the country’s north three years ago will be subject to an arbitration hearing in London in January, the country’s mines minister announced on Wednesday, amid a long-running dispute over the mine’s ownership. Zambia handed control of Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) to a state-appointed provisional liquidator in May 2019, igniting a legal battle… Read full details

DRC government suspend all memorandums of understanding, agreements, conventions signed with Rwanda

Felix Tshisekedi convened the Superior Defense Council on Wednesday. It was decided that the government suspend all memorandums of understanding, agreements, conventions concluded with Rwanda accused of attacking the DRC and providing support to the M23. What are these agreements? The government promises to communicate quickly on this file. Officially, since Felix Tshisekedi came to power, a series… Read full details

Ø     The ARSP Director General to Verify the Application of Subcontracting Law in Haut Katanga, DRC

Ø     SNEL Brings the Bukanga-Lonzo Substation back into Service- Drc

Ø     EU Turns to Egypt in The Rush to Replace Russian Gas

Ø     Download the Latest CKM Emagazine | May-June 2022 Edition (5.3 MB Pdf File Size)

Due Dilligence for Nkombwa and Blesberg projects completed…

AQSE-listed mining investing company All Star Minerals has announced the successful completion of its due diligence over the Blesberg lithium and tantalum project in South Africa and the Nkombwa Hill tantalum, rare earth elements and phosphate project in Zambia. This followed All Star’s announcement on April 21 that it had entered into a heads of agreement (HoA) with mining investment firm Gathoni Muchai Investments… Read full article

Alphamin Resources Continues to Export Tin from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Across the Border with Neighboring Uganda

In a press release published on Wednesday June 15, 2022, Alphamin Resources indicates that exports usually use the border posts of Aru and Mahagi before reaching Uganda. However, these two entities are located about 1,000 km north of the town of Bunagana, the epicenter of the clashes. “  The recent closure of the Bunagana border post has [therefore] no impact on the company’s operations… Read full details