Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) has suspended operations at its Nchanga Mine following acts of vandalism. Shapi Shachinda, Konkola Copper Mines Manager for Public Relations and Communications on Wednesday told media that the criminals cut a high voltage electricity cables disrupting operations. The criminals stole at least 9 high voltage copper …
Read More »Mozambique cuts power supply to ZESCO
Mozambique’s power utility company EDM has cut electricity supply to ZESCO over the past seven months, to recover a $100 million debt. Geta Remigio Manuel Percy, EDM’s director of Economy and Finance told Zitamar News that EDM stopped supply to ZESCO last December for lack of payment after debts which …
Read More »Rising copper demand to benefit copper mines
As copper prices rise from the 2015 slump to reach highs of $6000 a tonne, analysts are optimistic the trend will continue. Investment research houses like Citi Research and Goldman Sachs have issued bullish reports on copper this year – with Citi predicting the price will hit $7 000 a …
Read More »Mines battling to attract skilled people
Chamber of Mines says implementation of new projects is at risk in Zambia and other mining countries around the world due to the increasing shortage of specific skilled and experienced people. According to a latest report by the Chamber of Mines titled ‘Searching for talent-skills and employment in the global …
Read More »Government plans expatriates clean up
Government has announced intentions flush out foreigners employed in the mining sector to create jobs for qualified Zambians. Kampamba Mulenga, Chief Government Spokesperson says concerns from the labour movement motivated the decision. She said Zambia has well trained mining experts hence the need for mining houses to employ competent and …
Read More »Cape Lambert seals DRC JV, sets eyes on Zambia
Australian company Cape Lambert has ventured into a joint venture with Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Paragon Mining to exploit the country’s cobalt and copper. The JV is to develop the Kipushi cobalt-copper tailings project, the Kasombo copper-cobalt project and operate the Kipushi processing plant. In addition, operate the fully …
Read More »Governments urged to craft fitting policies for mining industry
Poorly thought-out mining policies are impacting Africa’s mining sector, the annual mining jamboree Mining Indaba in Cape Town, South Africa has heard. Sharing the same sentiments, stakeholders said uncertainty and inconsistency are hampering the search for new mining investment on the continent. In addition, the policies have cast a shadow …
Read More »More digitalised underground drilling rollout
Working within budget and on time is the envy of every mine operator and Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology continues to facilitate such results with its technologies. The company recently upgraded its digitalized underground drilling to improve drilling accuracy, cycle times and reduce operation costs. The new system offers accurate …
Read More »Mining Indaba kicks off
The Mining Indaba remains pivotal to Africa’s aspirations. The mineral resources sector remains “critically important” to the African continent, which is why the Investing in African Mining Indaba has consistently been regarded as an event of “paramount significance”, said Mining Indaba managing director Alex Grose. This is also a key …
Read More »New-generation crane girder revolutionises load handling
Demag’s newly-launched V-Type crane girder can easily manage more than 500 000 load changes, more than double the service life of a conventional box-section girder – making it a game changer in the local materials-handling sector. Launched in early 2016, Demag’s V-Type girder delivers impressive load-handling rates combined with high …
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