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In addition to the major cyclone package currently being installed at First Quantum Minerals Ltd’s new Sentinel copper project in Northern Zambia, Weir Minerals Africa has since been awarded two more packages — one for Sentinel and the other for Enterprise nickel, which are also part of the greater Trident …
Read More »New generation cost effective handheld sensor
The new generation IP68 rated sentient handheld unit is widely regarded as the most cost effective, sophisticated and low maintenance gas detection device in the mining industry today. This high tech instrument was developed specifically to improve safety in underground mining and in any confined spaces in surface plants, and …
Read More »Gilat Satcom Launches Satellite Phone Service to Provide Connectivity in African Underground Mines
Gilat Satcom, a leading provider of satellite and fibre-based connectivity services in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, has announced a new system which will provide high-quality voice connectivity to people working in underground mines. Traditionally communication with underground workers has been via temporary coax cables which are prone to …
Read More »Metal Exports from Zambia up 10%
Metal earnings from Zambia rose 9% during last year compared to a year earlier, a report by the ministry of mines says. An economic outlook by the ministry of finance says, exports of various metals, copper included, earned Zambia, Africa’s leading copper producer, 8.8 % raking in US$7 086.6 million …
Read More »Kariba Dam rehabilitations to start next year, amid fears of cracking
Rehabilitations to the 59-year-old Kariba Dam, Zambia and Zimbabwe’s the mainstay for mining and industrial consumption of power will start next year with financing provided by cooperating partners. According to Zambezi River Authority and the Engineering Institute of Zambia, routine maintenance on the dam will begin next year and will …
Read More »Zambia seeks increased power generation, eyes US$2 billion Kafue Gorge Lower hydro power plant
As mining companies increase their power consumption to an average 57% as evidenced in recent years, Zambia is looking up to increasing its power generation output to meet the increased demand for energy to match with supply. Recently, mines energy and water development minister Christopher Yaluma stated that Zambia, Africa’s …
Read More »North Western Railway cheers Lumwana Mine
“Anything that will ease our transportation of concentrates and other mineral related products to refineries is welcome including the North Western Railway line planned for North Western Province,” says Lumwana Copper Mine, one of the beneficiaries of the US$1 billion-worth infrastructure. The construction of the liner, to be jointly developed …
Read More »Lumwana Mine continues copper production despite conveyor belt ‘snap’
Production of copper at Barrick Gold Limited’s Zambian unit, Lumwana Copper Mine in Solwezi has been stepped as engineers seek to repair the facility that affected operations at the Greenfield mine last May. “We have continued with production at the mine despite the conveyor belt having broken down although the …
Read More »Maamba mine’s 330 megawatt thermal power plant almost ready
The US$800 million thermal powered power plant under construction at Maamba Collieries is an advanced stage with Government hopeful that its commissioning and subsequent operation will ease power outages being experienced in Zambia, one of Africa’s top copper producers. Zambia’s power generation, at an average 1400 megawatt which increases to …
Read More »KCM relocates 402 Chingola squatters
Vedanta Resources Plc, owners Konkola Copper Mines, a Zambian unit, has asked over 400 squatters living on a mine land and has disbursed K588, 000 to those farming in the same area earmarked for mine expansion. The 402 residents who have encroached in Chabanyama area in Chingola, one of its …
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