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Consulting Engineers

South African consultancy assisting mining industry in Cameroon

Mining engineering consultancy SRK Consulting is currently advising the government of Cameroon on developing a minerals and mining industry in the country, chairperson Roger Dixon tells Mining Weekly.
27th April 2012
 
Mining Services

Promising year ahead for project houses

The outlook for mining project houses in 2012 is promising, as commodity projects remain strong, reports mining and minerals project house TWP CEO Digby Glover.
17th February 2012
 
WAGE INCREASE

Konkola miners win 17% pay rise

Konkola Copper Mines, the Zambia miner owned by Vedanta Resources, has awarded its workers a 17% pay increase, ending weeks of negotiations, a union official said on Friday. "We signed the new agreement yesterday and the lowest paid employee will...
27th January 2012
 
Base Metals

Advancements to lie in metallurgical processes

The most significant advancements in the Southern Africa base-metals sector will in future relate to metallurgical processes, forecasts banking major Standard Bank mining and metals research analyst Michael Starke.
2nd December 2011
 
Zinc

Corrosion protection to ensure sustainable zinc production

The demand for corrosion protection will ensure the development and sustainability of zinc-related mining projects currently under consideration and in progress in the Southern African region, says the International Zinc Association of Southern...
2nd December 2011
 
LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT

Zambia says won't re-introduce mine windfall tax

Zambia, Africa's top copper producer, will not re-introduce a mine windfall tax it abolished in 2009 as such a measure could harm mining operations and negatively impact the economy, Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda said on Wednesday. "It...
30th November 2011
 
COPPER

Zambia Vedanta unit plans to revive Mimbula copper mine

Zambia's Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) owned by London-listed Vedanta Resources plans to resume output at the Mimbula openpit mine under the company's strategy to extend mine life at its operations, it said on Tuesday. KCM plans to carry out...
29th November 2011
 
Mining Personality

Brian Gilbertson

Position: Founder, Pallinghurst Resources Main activity of company: Resources investments Date and place of birth: August 15, 1943, George, Western Cape
14th October 2011
 
Copper

Revision of forecast reveals improved copper output

Market research house Business Monitor International (BMI) have over the past quarter made an upwards revision to their forecast for Zambian copper output for this year, increasing it to 913 000 t, up from 877 000 t.
9th September 2011
 
Zimec

Chingola refractory ore project, Zambia

Name and Location Chingola refractory ore project, Zambia.
3rd June 2011
 
INDIA IN AFRICA

India eyeing Africa's resources but recognising development needs

India, today, in purchasing power parity terms, is the fourth-largest economy in the world, with a gross domestic product (GDP) of just over $4-trillion. (In terms of the official exchange rate, India’s GDP is $1,43- trillion.) This is the...
25th March 2011
 
India & Africa

India seeks natural resources in Africa but recognises continent’s development needs

India, today, is in purchasing power parity terms, the fourth largest economy in the world, with a gross domestic product (GDP) of just over $4-trillion.
25th March 2011
 
 
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