The production at a heavy sands project in Moma in northern Mozambique, recorded a 3.0 percent increase in the first half of the year, Irish company Kenmare Resources said Monday in a statement. The company said that production in the first six months of the year at its operation in Mozambique was …

Kibaran Resources has completed a Scoping Study for a battery grade manufacturing facility that highlights robust economics and a compelling development case in Tanzania. This follows the company completing in July a Bankable Feasibility Study confirming the viability of a conventional open cut mine and conventional flotation processing plant at …

Australian uranium miner and owner of the Langer Heinrich mine, Paladin this week announced that it would cut costs further following an announcement last week that it was scalling down on its capital expenditure as the mining house adapts to a low uranium spot price. Said Paladin in a statement, …

Whatever happened on that fateful night when four miners died in an underground accident at Mopani must be made known, says ZCTU president Nkole Chishimba.   And mines minister Christopher Yaluma says the death of the miners spoke volumes of the fact that a lot still needed to be done …

KONKOLA Copper Mine Plc has written to its workers at Nchanga, informing them that the Chingola-based underground mine will be put on care and maintenance with immediate effect. According to a letter addressed to the employees, KCM stated as follows: “This information must be communicated to all staff by Friday …

 Zambia has proposed to set its mining royalties at 9% for both open-pit and underground mines, a source in the presidency said on Tuesday, in an attempt to prevent looming job cuts and mine closures. Zambia’s decision to increase royalties for open-pit mines to 20% from 6% and those for …

Condra has completed load tests on two 25-ton headgear cranes manufactured at the company’s Germiston works for Mopani Copper Mines’ Sinclinorium shaft. The tests were witnessed by a representative from Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) during June ahead of delivery this month to the Nkana Mine, in Kitwe, where the new …

RESCUE workers at Mopani South Ore Body have retrieved the machine  that was being used by the four miners who died underground last week. The search for the bodies of the affected miners still continues, although some body parts were found last week. Copperbelt minister Mwenya Musenge said yesterday that …

South African power utility Eskom is open to importing coal for plants it still plans to commission, a coal conference heard on Tuesday. Willem Theron, business development manager of Eskom’s southern Africa transmission group, said the state-run utility planned to install an additional 6 250 MW of coal-based power after …

On Saturday, 25 July, Zambia power reductions were initiated and electricity supply to First Quantum Minerals’ Kansanshi operation, including the smelter was reduced to 117 MW from the steady-state level of 153 MW. This is following the company’s notice receipt three days prior from ZESCO, Zambia’s state-run power company, of the declaration of Force Majeure for …