Mining Indaba Schedule

Weatherly lifts copper production despite downtime

Namibia-focused Weatherly International increased its copper concentrate production by 14.2% to 5 714 t and lifted its contained copper output by 10.9% to 1 421 t in the second quarter of the 2011/12 financial year. Weatherly’s Matchless mine,...

China’s ECE and Weatherly to jointly develop Berg Aukas

Aim-listed Weatherly International on Wednesday signed an implementation agreement with the East China Mineral Exploration and Development Bureau (ECE) for the development of the Berg Aukas lead and zinc mine northern Namibia. The two companies...

Weatherly raises £4,45m to accelerate Namibia projects

Namibian base-metals-miner Weatherly International on Wednesday reported that it has raised £4,45-million, or about $7-million, in funding to accelerate the company’s development plans. The company conditionally placed 89-million shares of...

Weatherly funded for restart of Namibia copper mines

Namibian base-metals-miner Weatherly International announced on Monday that it would restart production at its Otjihase and Matchless copper mines now that it had secured the required funding and finalised other mine plans. It was planning to...

Chinese group snaps up 50,1% stake in copper-miner, to revive Namibia mines

East China Mineral Exploration & Development Bureau (ECE) has acquired a controlling 50,1% stake in struggling copper-miner Weatherly International in a deal that will result in the reopening of the latter’s mothballed mines in Namibia.

Loss-making Weatherly seeks power for copper mine’s reopening

London-listed integrated base-metals producer Weatherly International, which suffered a $1,2-million pretax loss in the half-year to December 31, 2007, has been negotiating for secure power supply to enable it to reopen the formerly flooded...

Nambian copper/silver mine reaches full production

Aim-listed base-metals miner Weatherly International has reached full production at its Tschudi underground mine, in Namibia, on schedule and within budget, the firm said on Tuesday.

Namibian copper producer aims to produce 9 000 t in H2

Ongopolo Copper Mining & Processing, Namibia’s sole copper-mining company, says it is targeting production of 9 000 t of copper in the second half of this year.

Kansanshi to build $8m acid plant

Canadian First Quantum Minerals’ subsidiary Kansanshi Mining said this week that it would build a plant to produce 100 000 t of sulphuric acid annually at its new mine in northwestern Zambia.

Zambia’s new mine power project starts in October

Zambian power utility Zesco will start construction of a 330 kilovolt power line to the new Kansanshi mine in the northwest of the country in October, according to a joint agreement signed on Monday.

Study on for another big Zambia project

A full definitive study has been commissioned by Canadian company First Quantum Mineral to determine the feasibility of establishing a large low-cost openpit mine at Kansanshi, Zambia.