The 1st round table for women in the Mining Industry – positioning, opportunities and challenges was organized in Luanda last Tuesday 4th April by Bumbar Mining, allowing the assessment of the challenges faced by women within the sector. JA Online learned from a note that questions were addressed at the event, including: “How does the Angolan Mining Industry intervene in training staff for the industry’s value chain?; How does the hiring of women currently proceed?
The Secretary of State for Mineral Resources, Jânio Correa Victor, reiterated, Wednesday 5th April, in Luanda, the need for greater dedication from women with a view to overcoming the approximately 12 percent of the workforce in the mining industry. Jânio Correia Victor made these remarks at the opening of the round table under the motto “Women in the Angolan Mining Industry”, organized by Mining Eventos, to awaken a greater interest of women in the geological-mining
Africa-focused Gemfields it had suspended operations and was evacuating personnel from its Nairoto exploration camp in Mozambique following an attack on a nearby village. The company’s project is located in the resource-rich northern Cabo Delgado province, which has become an epicenter of Islamic extremist insurgency. The violent rebellion, locally known as al-Shabab (though it is distinct from the similarly named group in Somalia), broke out in October 2017. Since then it has claimed more than 4,500 lives and displaced over
Lucapa Diamond Company and its project Lulo partners, Endiama and Rosas & Petalas, have recovered 23 diamonds from a second sample from kimberlite L164 and 13 diamonds from kimberlite L056. Lulo kimberlite bulk sample KBS/164/02, totalling 365 m3 of kimberlite material was processed through the Lulo Kimberlite Bulk Sample Plant, yielding 16.32 carats at a recovered grade of 4.47 cphm3, with the largest diamond recovered weighing 2.38 carats. This is the highest grade yet recovered from
The global energy sector’s appetite for minerals, many of which can be sourced in Africa, is good news for the future of mining, and was an important focus at this year’s Investing in Mining Indaba in Cape Town, South Africa. However, despite the good news, the pressure on mines is still all about low-cost production. According to Ralf Hennecke, Managing Director of Omnia Group company BME, efforts to decarbonise the world economy are relying on energy technologies that
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) exported more than 11.6 million carats of diamonds during the year 2022, informs a report from the Ministry of Mines. These exports generated a total amount of 145.9 million US dollars, the same source indicates. Total production in 2022 is 10.255 million carats. Compared to that of the year 2021 which was 12.973 million carats, there is a drop of 2.717 million carats, or 20.94%. Diamond production in the Democratic
The chairman of Endiama’s Board of Directors, José Manuel Ganga Júnior, congratulated Sociedade Mineira de Luachimo (SML) and its collective of workers for yet another year of existence, marked last Friday,10th February. In a note, on the occasion of the 6th anniversary of Sociedade Mineira de Luachimo, Ganga Júnior praises the efforts undertaken by its Management Board to maintain the mine’s production levels. The PCA of Empresa Nacional de Diamantes de Angola reiterated, on the
Angola’s minister of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas Diamantino de Azevedo said Tuesday 7th Feb in Cape Town, South Africa, that the country is in the process of having a stronger mining industry, which could contribute to the diversification of the country’s economy. The minister said so after addressing a topic on “Critical Minerals for Energy Transition”, a lecture addressed to several players in the mining market at the International Conference on Mining in Africa,
The Yetwene Mining Project plans to produce 3000 carats a month. The forecast is based on theproject’s indicators, which indicate that with the start of exploration, conjectured for the currenteconomic year, production will be positioned, in a first phase, at 3000 carats of diamonds per month According to Pedro Domingos, acting director of Mining Operations for the project located in the Camissombo commune, Lucapa municipality, Lunda Norte province the ressessment activities of the reserves, following
Currently, in Angola, 36 of the 51 minerals considered the most critical in the world are known, some of which are about to go into production. The list will be revised, if necessary, every five years, in consultation with mining industry experts. According to the Minister of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas, Diamantino Azevedo, at the opening of the Investment Forum, on the sidelines of Mining Indaba 2023, the country has an enormous mining potential
