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Kagem and mine workers unions reach 2024/2025 collective agreement  22 Mining in Zambia Precious Stones 

Kagem and mine workers unions reach 2024/2025 collective agreement 

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Kagem Mining Limited (Kagem), the Mine Workers Union of Zambia (MUZ) and the National Union of Miners & Allied Workers (NUMAW) that represent Kagem’s unionised employees are pleased to confirm that they have reached a collective agreement on employee pay increases for 2024 and 2025.Based on the agreement, unionised employees will receive a 10% increment in pay for 2024 and a further 10% in 2025. Additionally, the agreement confirms an increase on the education allowance for employees from the current ZMW 1,500 to ZMW 2,000. Following successful negotiations between the… Read More Here
Porgera Gold Mine Set to Restart Production This Month 23 International Gold 

Porgera Gold Mine Set to Restart Production This Month

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Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:GOLD)(TSX:ABX) announced today that the Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is set to resume operations later this month and is expected to start pouring gold again in the first quarter of 2024.  This follows the satisfaction of the conditions to the Porgera Project Commencement Agreement, in which a new ownership structure was agreed. Barrick president and chief executive Mark Bristow said the reopening of the mine represented another victory for the company’s host-country partnership model which had been very successful in Tanzania and had also… Read More Here
BLM Approval Paves Way for Goldrush Underground Mine at Barrick's Cortez Complex in Nevada 24 Gold International 

BLM Approval Paves Way for Goldrush Underground Mine at Barrick’s Cortez Complex in Nevada

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The US Bureau of Land Management has issued a Record of Decision (“ROD”) approving Nevada Gold Mines’ (“NGM”) plan of operations for its new Goldrush underground mine at the Cortez Complex near Beowawe, Nevada. The long-life mine is expected to start ramping up production in 2024 after the commissioning of the initial project infrastructure and is forecast to produce 130,000 ounces in 2024 and grow to approximately 400,000 ounces per annum by 2028 (100% basis)1. Barrick and NGM have invested more than $370 million in the project to date and… Read More Here
Turkish Companies Eye Investment in Angola's Lobito Corridor 25 International Transport and Logistics 

Turkish Companies Eye Investment in Angola’s Lobito Corridor

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The Turkish ambassador to Angola, Ufuk Ekici, expressed keen interest in leveraging the vast mobility infrastructure along the Lobito Corridor for the prosperity of Turkish businesses during a meeting with Vicente Soares, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Angola (CCIA). Ekici announced plans to mobilize Turkish companies to establish themselves within the Lobito Corridor in the upcoming year, seeking partnerships between companies from both nations. He highlighted the corridor as a noteworthy area for potential investment, citing Turkey’s readiness to invest across various sectors of mutual interest.… Read More Here
COP28 ends with deal on Transition away from Fossil fuels 26 International Events & Expos 

COP28 ends with deal on Transition away from Fossil fuels

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The COP28 climate talks in Dubai ended in a deal that saw a commitment to transition away from all fossil fuels for the first time. The president of this year’s UN-sponsored summit, the UAE’s Sultan Al Jaber, brokered an agreement that was strong enough for the US and European Union on the need to dramatically curb fossil fuel use while keeping Saudi Arabia and other oil producers on board. The agreement calls for countries to quickly shift energy systems away from fossil fuels in a just and orderly fashion, qualifications… Read More Here
DRC Strikes Carbon Credit Deal for Congo Basin Protection 27 Mining in DRC 

DRC Strikes Carbon Credit Deal for Congo Basin Protection

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The Democratic Republic of Congo has inked a pivotal agreement with a US-based company, dClimate, aimed at preserving the Congo Basin rainforest and peatlands through a carbon credit deal. This agreement with dClimate is a proactive step toward curbing deforestation in the Congo Basin, targeting the preservation of over 100 million tonnes of carbon dioxide within the forest. Over recent years, concerns have escalated among environmentalists regarding extensive deforestation across thousands of acres within the Congo basin. dClimate’s role will extend to assisting DR Congo in establishing a carbon registry,… Read More Here
FQM requests end of blockades to Cobre Panamá Copper mine 28 Copper International 

FQM requests end of blockades to Cobre Panamá Copper mine

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First Quantum Minerals’ (TSX: FM) subsidiary issued a media statement this weekend requesting proper access to the Cobre Panamá copper mine to maintain the environmental stability of the site located to the north of the Central American country, 20 kilometres from the Caribbean Sea. In the brief, Minera Panamá notes that, following an order by Panama’s Trade and Industry Ministry (MICI) to end operations, work at Cobre Panamá has ceased but the mine remains under care and maintenance. However, ongoing blockades of the access roads to both the mine and… Read More Here
Komatsu and General Motors to co-develop hydrogen fuel cell module for 930E mining truck 29 International Mining Equipment 

Komatsu and General Motors to co-develop hydrogen fuel cell module for 930E mining truck

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General Motors and Komatsu have announced that they will co-develop a hydrogen fuel cell power module for Komatsu’s 930E electric drive mining truck, cited as the world’s best-selling ultra-class haul truck. GM, a leader in hydrogen fuel cell technology, and Komatsu, a global manufacturer of mining and construction equipment, will jointly design and validate the technology. The statement said: “Lightweight and quick to refuel, hydrogen fuel cells are ideal for electrifying applications traditionally powered by diesel engines. Hydrogen provides an effective method to package large quantities of energy onboard the… Read More Here
Rio Tinto green lights $110m spending on pre-feasibility study at Rhodes Ridge 30 International 

Rio Tinto green lights $110m spending on pre-feasibility study at Rhodes Ridge

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Rio Tinto has given the green light to a $110 million pre-feasibility study to advance its massive Rhodes Ridge iron ore project in the east Pilbara. Rhodes Ridge — a 50:50 joint venture with Wright Prospecting — contains 6.8 billion tonnes at an average grade of 61.6 per cent iron, including 5.3 billion tonnes at 62.2 per cent and 600 million tonnes at 63.9 per cent. Rio is looking to a staged development of the project with an initial hub likely to be located in the northern part of the… Read More Here
Africa Global Logistic promise to invest 100 million dollars in the Port of Lobito 31 Transport and Logistics International 

Africa Global Logistic promise to invest 100 million dollars in the Port of Lobito

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The Port of Lobito and Africa Global Logistics (AGL) signed, yesterday December 12th, a contract to operate the Multipurpose Terminal of the Angolan port company, a deal in which the international logistics company receives exploration rights for 20 years, in exchange for the payment of 150 million dollars. The president of the Board of Directors of the Port of Lobito, Celso Rosas, and the executive president of AGL, Olivier Noray, signed the contract that gives rise to the immediate payment of 80 million dollars to the Angolan State, in addition… Read More Here

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