Olympic Dam mine, Australia

An underground mine situated in Australia.

Chinese group commissions 150 000-t/y copper smelter in Zambia, despite economic slowdown

Zambia’s President Rupiah Banda last week commissioned the Chambishi copper smelter, which is owned by China Nonferrous Metal Mining Group (CNMMG).

Technical fault halts operations at KCM’s Zambia smelter

Zambia’s Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) has suspended operations at its Nchanga smelter owing to a technical fault which occurred over the weekend. The company expects the smelter to be closed for around two weeks, with normal operations resuming...

Mineral exploration 
company exhibits at Indaba

Mineral exploration company Rubaco SPRL, a part of the Rubamin Group, will be exhibiting its Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) mineral exploration and processing business at the 2009 Mining Indaba.

Weatherly shuts Namibian copper mines, retrenches workers

Aim-listed base metals producer Weatherly International was closing two of its copper mining projects in Namibia and would retrench 100 workers from two other operations in the Southern African country, owing to a recent decline in world copper...

Uranium to anchor Namibian economy in future– central bank

Namibia’s central bank said last week that future economic growth would be spearheeaded by uranium as the diamond-mining sector, which had traditionally anchored the country’s economy, was beginning to lose its shine.

Minerals sector slowdown puts the brakes on Namibian economic growth

Lacklustre performance by Namibia’s diamond sector led to a slowdown in the country’s economic growth in the first quarter of 2008, the Bank of Namibia (BoN) says.

Engineering firm gains global license to market furnace cooling technology

Engineering project house Bateman Engineering's pyromettallury division has secured world-wide rights to market the technology to the nonferrous pyrometallurgical industry, with the conclusion of a license agreement between Bateman...

We'll meet July deadline, says Mopani Copper furnace supplier

Electric arc furnace supplier Tenova Pyromet is confident that it will meet its July deadline for the installation of a furnace at Mopani Copper mine, in Mufulira, Zambia. On completion, the furnace will be used for converting copper matte...

Miner says it has unearthed new Namibian base-metals find

London-listed base metals producer Weatherly International says it has discovered fresh copper, lead and zinc deposits at its Gross Otavi prospect, in Namibia.

Teal forms JV on Namibian gold mine, in talks to sell DRC stake

Toronto-based Teal Exploration & Mining has agreed to sell an initial 10% of Avdale Namibia, the subsidiary of Teal holding its Otjikoto gold project, to Nambia’s EVI Mining, which has an option to buy a further 5% once a definitive...

Zambian smelting plant upgrade benefits local manufacturer

n September 25, 2006, Zambian President Levy Patrick Mwanawasa opened the upgrade to the Mufulira smelting plant owned by Mopani Copper mines (MCM) in Zambia.