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Copper

Copper plays a key role in the economies of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia, and is produced throughout Africa, from Morocco in the north down to Botswana, Namibia and South Africa in the south and Uganda and Eritrea in the east.

Namibia
EBM Mining suits Katti just fine

The revival of the mining town of Kombat in northern Namibia under the baton of local businessman Knowledge Katti could [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.04.2016

DRC
Chen and Friedland in talks with Kabwelu on Kamoa

With presidential elections looming, the firms Zijin and Ivanhoe are in talks with the government on selling it 15% of the Kamoa copper project.

Subscribers only Mining 12.04.2016

Namibia
Weatherly could re-open talks with Orion Mine Finance in May

If the price of copper doesn’t take off Weatherly will find itself opening talks again with Orion.

Subscribers only Mining 12.04.2016

Africa, China
Long in copper quest

The CEO of Jiangxi Copper, Long Ziping, is in talks [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.04.2016

Namibia
Jet Gold Corp to team up with Teck at Haib

Jet Gold Corp, a tiny junior listed on the Toronto [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.04.2016

Zambia
China Nonferrous writes down more than expected

Due to the near collapse in copper and sulfuric acid [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.04.2016

Botswana
ZCI and CEO Tom Kamwendo weighed down by debt

Para statal Zambia Copper Investments (ZCI) led by Tom Kamwendo is to lose control of its main asset, Messina Copper [...]

Free access Mining 29.03.2016

DRC
Muyej in drive to force mining companies to finance new road

Lualaba’s special commissioner wants to build a toll road to Zambia’s border.

Subscribers only Mining 29.03.2016

DRC
Africo depends on the goodwill of ERG at Kalukundi

Africo is trying to persuade its main shareholder, Camrose Resources, to jointly develop their linked Comide and Kalukundi projects.

Subscribers only Mining 29.03.2016

Zambia
Albanese trims Vedanta’s production costs even further

Now that Tom Albanese has slashed its production costs, the Indian mining group is no longer losing money on its copper operations. But he’s still pursuing his efforts.

Subscribers only Mining 15.03.2016

Document | Zambia
Royalties at “good” level, says Chishimba

To quell arguments over royalties - the government just changed [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.03.2016

Morocco
Kharrouba Copper examines a mine’s social impact

A mining company set up in Marrakech in 2012, Kharrouba [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.03.2016

DRC
Reeling from crisis, ERG puts its money on Metalkol’s copper

Eurasian Resources Group has thrown itself into processing Metalkol’s tailings in Katanga.

Subscribers only Mining 01.03.2016

Zambia
Midnight Sun Mining could bring cheer to Kam Chuen in Solwezi

Midnight Sun Mining Corp is working to upgrade copper reserves on behalf of Kam Chuen Resources near Kansanshi.

Subscribers only Mining 16.02.2016

Zambia
China Nonferrous throws hitch into president Lungu's campaign

CNMC has put back the inauguration of production at the South East Ore Body copper project in Chambishi to 2018.

Subscribers only Mining 16.02.2016

Spotlight | Zambia
ZCCM-IH gets tough with KCM and Kansanshi

The government holding company ZCCM-IH (Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines-Investments Holdings) is going to shortly announce its financial results - nine months behind schedule - and they are sure to show just how hard the plunge in the copper price has [.

Subscribers only Mining 02.02.2016

DRC
CNMC bolsters its positions

China's CNMC already plans to build two plants in Katanga and has other projects up his sleeve.

Subscribers only Mining 02.02.2016

DRC
African Metals issues shares for debt

Hit by the collapse in the copper price and his [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.01.2016

Zambia
Ndola Coal to supply KCM

The Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) are to buy 1,000 tons [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.01.2016

Uganda
Kwatampora suspended copper production at Kasese

According to our sources in Uganda, Kilembe Copper Mines’ project manager Alex Kwatampora will get production rolling again in a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.01.2016

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