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Sustainability: Miners should restore animal communities during site rehabilitation

Posted on March 4, 2019March 4, 2019 by Mozambique Resources Post

Scientists are calling on mine operators to restore animal communities when they carry out site rehabilitation programs.

Global Mining: “Miners try to move away from fossil fuels” – report

Posted on January 23, 2019January 23, 2019 by Mozambique Resources Post

A research report by Wood Mackenzie asserts that electrification and automation will be a key priority for global mining companies as they try to move away from fossil fuels.

Africa Mining: Zimbabwe’s Govt to give mining claims to artisanal diamond miners

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Mozambique Resources Post

The president of Zimbabwe Miners Federation, Henrietta Rushwaya, announced that villagers living around the Marange diamond fields in the eastern Manicaland province will be allocated claims to extract gems as part of government plans to empower the communities through mining.

Africa Mining: Zambian mining group says tax changes will hit mineral exploration

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Mozambique Resources Post

Zambia’s proposed mining tax increases will hit mineral exploration and production in Africa’s second biggest copper producer, companies involved in exploration said on Tuesday.

Africa Mining: Zambia says open to dialogue with miners over tax increases

Posted on October 9, 2018October 15, 2018 by Mozambique Resources Post

Zambia’s Finance Ministry said on Sunday that it was open to dialogue with mining companies over the government’s plans to increase mining taxes as reported by Reuters news agency.

Africa Mining: Around 1,000 Mozambicans set to lose jobs in South African mines

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Mozambique Resources Post

Around 1,000 Mozambicans are facing imminent expulsion from South African platinum mines, for using South African ID documents, according to Mozambique’s labour ministry – which said another 800 have recently been made redundant due to a crisis in SA’s mining sector.

Africa Mining: How Congo’s Kabila and the mining giants went from best friends to adversaries

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Mozambique Resources Post

For much of this year, two of the most powerful forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been engaged in a tense standoff. President Joseph Kabila, the country’s powerful political leader since 2001, is in one corner. A group of multi-billion-dollar international mining companies is in the other.

Africa Mining: SA gold miners and union deadlocked over wages

Posted on August 23, 2018August 23, 2018 by Mozambique Resources Post

(Bloomberg) — South Africa’s National Union of Mine workers, the biggest labor group at gold mining companies in the country, said it’s deadlocked over pay with the producers after numerous rounds of negotiations.“We have reached a stage whereby we understand that the employers are not prepared to give a better offer to the employees”.

Africa Mining: SA Mining Unions decry fatalities as six die at copper mine

Posted on July 17, 2018July 17, 2018 by Mozambique Resources Post

(Bloomberg) — South Africa’s mining industry is heading for the deadliest year since 2012 after six people died in an underground fire at Palabora Mining Co.’s copper operation.

Africa Mining: Congo’s miners face harsh new reality as mining law finalized

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Mozambique Resources Post

The options for mining companies battling new legislation in the Democratic Republic of Congo — Africa’s biggest copper producer and the source of two-thirds of the world’s cobalt — have just about run out.

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