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Andrew van Zyl has been appointed as managing director of SRK Consulting (SA), the South African arm of the global SRK network of consulting engineering practices. He is also a member of the SRK Global Board and Exco. Van Zyl stepped into the role from January 2023, taking over from …

First Quantum Minerals has reported a year-on-year increase to 242,000 tonnes of copper production at its Sentinel mine, 9,000 tonnes higher than in 2021, and record quarterly production of 73,000 tonnes in the fourth quarter of 2022, 13,000 tonnes higher than Q4 2021 and 9,000 tonnes higher than Q3 2022. …

Zambia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)  signed a $2bn agreement to build solar plants in the southern African country that will increase its generation base by more than half. According to President Hakainde Hichilema, the joint venture between Zambia’s state-owned power utility, Zesco and a UAE government-owned renewable energy …

GoviEx has entered into a sale agreement with African Energy Metals (AEM) for its subsidiary Delta Exploration in Mali. According to the company Delta holds three contiguous exploration licences – Falea, Bala, and Madini collectively known as the Falea project. The sale of the Falea project is part of GoviEx’s strategy …

By Tracey Drew– Principal Environmental Consultant and SRK’s Team Lead for Innovation and Data Services Known for innovating solutions across multiple disciplines in the consulting engineering field, SRK Consulting held its intensive two and a half-day Global Innovation Workshop in South Africa (SA) recently. Leading up to this international event, …

Top women in the mining industry will be at the forefront of the speaker list and discussions at the upcoming Investing in African Mining Indaba. The 2023 programme will see an exciting line-up of over 50 female speakers from around the world, including the President of Ivanhoe Mines and one of the 100 …

Maamba Collieries has shut down on the two 150 MW units at the company’s 300MW Thermal Power Station due to routine planned maintenance. The company has refuted allegations that the maintenance is being used as an ‘arm-twisting’ mechanism to demand funds owed by ZESCO. According to Maamba Collieries, the two …

How can Zambia make the most of it? At last year’s US Africa leaders’ summit in Washington the US signed an historic memorandum of understanding with Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo to develop an electric vehicle battery supply chain. At the summit, Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema also announced that …

First Quantum Minerals (FQM) says stable and consistent policies have sparked a resurgence in direct foreign investment in the country’s mining industry “We’re now responding to the incentives, stability and consistency of policy. Mines can now seek capital whether it’s self-generated or from the wider international financial institutions,” said Kyansenga …

Early next year a landmark case will be heard in the South African High Court that will determine if a class action by a community in Zambia should be allowed to proceed after Anglo American, one of the world’s largest mining companies, left Kabwe to become “the world’s most toxic …