Australian mining company Paladin Energy has resumed production at the Langer Heinrich Uranium mine in Namibia. First ore has been fed into the mine’s processing plant, with the full restart of operations 93% complete. The company aims to achieve commercial production by the end of Q1 2024. The project is supported by $150 million in debt funding secured by Paladin Energy from financial institutions Nedbank and Macquarie Bank. The $150 million syndicated debt facility will
On the 17th of January, 2024 the English-Australian mining giant, Rio Tinto signed a mining investment contract with the Angolan Ministry of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas in Luanda. The $5.7 million USD deal will grant Rio Tinto a 35-year exploratory license for the Moxico Concession. According to the company’s website, the exploration will primarily be seeking base metals such as copper, zinc, cobalt and titanium. The contract calls for an initial 5 years of
Angola has officially granted a $5.7 million mining license to the multinational mining corporation Rio Tinto. The formalization of this agreement took place during a signing ceremony attended by key officials from both parties on Wednesday, January 17, in Luanda. The awarded license outlines Rio Tinto’s exploration focus on basic metals, including copper, cobalt, zinc, titanium, and aluminum. This exploration will be conducted within the expansive 9,887 km² Moxico Concession, located in Angola’s Moxico province.
Angolan sovereign wealth fund Fundo Soberano de Angola (FSDEA) is “delighted to see the excellent progress” that is being achieved on site at the Longonjo rare earths project, as this is an important project for the entity, FSDEA chairperson Armando Manuel has said. On January 10, London-listed Pensana Rare Earths and its local subsidiary Ozango Minerais welcomed the full board of FSDEA to Longonjo for a site inspection. The six members of the board were
Access to charging stations is not the only factor limiting the wide-spread adoption of electric vehicles in the United States. Experts are concerned that, in the coming years, EV sales could be further dampened by the diminishing supplies of a material most Americans have thought little about since high school chemistry: cobalt. A heavy metal found primarily in central Africa, cobalt is an essential component of the batteries used to power electric vehicles. And for
The Longonjo Rare Earths Project, which spans 21 km2, is located near the town of Longonjo in central Angola and near Lobito Corridor’s Benguela Railway. Australia-based Pensana Rare Earths said that its subsidiary Ozango Minerals has secured approval from the Angolan President for the exploitation of the Longonjo Rare Earths Project in the Central African country. President João Lourenço approved the company’s mining title, which will be valid for 35 years, for the mining of
Debswana Diamond Company, the mining joint venture between the Government of the Republic of Botswana and De Beers Group, last week announced that its Board has approved the commencement of the Jwaneng Underground Project’s crucial phase, which is the Exploration Access Development. The Jwaneng Underground Project is implemented in four phases; being, Early Works (which started in 2022); Exploration Access Development, Phase 1 Mining and Phase 2 Mining. The Board’s approval for the second phase
The Angolan Government and the Anglo-Australian multinational Rio Tinto Explotation LTD will sign, next Wednesday, January 17th, a mining investment contract, for the prospecting and exploration of base metals. According to a source from the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas, the project called “Moxico Concession” is located in the province of Moxico, and has an extension of 9,959 square kilometers. Operations in Angola Last year, the Australian multinational Rio Tinto, the second largest
Diamond miner Petra Diamonds is implementing a series of changes to streamline and enhance the efficiency of its board in 2024. Upon the implementation of these changes, Petra’s board will shrink from eight to seven directors, down from ten directors just before the company’s annual general meeting in November. Petra emphasizes that these adjustments, though modest, are integral to the ongoing cost-saving initiatives being executed across the group. They aim to provide increased flexibility in
The Secretary of State for Oil and Gas, José Barroso, highlighted, on Wednesday, in Luanda, the role of Compliance in improving the business environment in the extractive sector. José Barroso, who spoke at the opening of the II Forum on Compliance, considered that integrity and compliance constitute an essential tool to guarantee the confidence of investors and society in general and for consolidation of an increasingly transparent, attractive and robust industry. “Compliance is a commitment made
