The renewed interest in mining activities comes as a result of a boom in commodity prices occasioned by increased demand from China and India. Thus, foreign investors have arrived on the scene to either buy former state mining companies, now privatised, or to start new mining companies, often ...
The Wafi-Golpu joint venture operated by Australia’s Newcrest Mining and South-Africa-based Harmony Gold is an advanced exploration project located in the Morobe province of Papua New Guinea. Annual production is expected to peak in 2025 at 320,000 ounces of gold and 150,000 tonnes of copp...
Top-tier mining firms recognize this potential and have announced significant investments in the country. Barrick committed nearly$2 billionin October 2023 to boost copper production at its Lumwana mine. A year earlier, First Quantum Minerals unveiled a$1.35 billioninvestment over 20 years in its Ka...
LCA on copper mining (Northey et al., 2013) The large variation in GHG was due to the form of copper produced, ore grade, sources of fuel, and electrical energy. Recommendations made for the companies for improving mining datasets through indicating detailed energy consumption scenario for each...
A senior adviser on electricity in Matata Ponyo’s office agreed that “there is goodwill now, but still no action”. The government has been trying to get more out of the sector in different ways. This year, it pressured all of the big mining companies to contribute to a new fund that...
This report features 33 companies, including Capstone Copper Corp., Grupo México, Seacube Containers LLC, Lundin Mining Corporation, KGHM Polska Miedz S.A., Glencore plc
Part of the growth in copper mining in Africa is attributed to high investment from China. Chinese mining companies represent 8% of Africa’s total output in the mining sector. Within its territory, China has also seen a 277% growth in copper production over the last three decades. In the...
Australian company GRD Minproc was appointed as the front-end engineering and development contractor while Ausenco International of Australia and Bateman Minerals and Metals of South Africa Joint Venture was the EPC contractor. Golder Associates was responsible for the resource and some mining aspects, ...
The short-term story of copper is that copper mining is usually distributed in South America, Africa and other places where the level of government governance is unstable, and supply is easily disrupted. For example, the Chilean copper trade union strike in 2021 triggered a sharp rise in copper...