VIRTUAL REALITY: Watch how drivers of some of the world’s largest mine trucks learn to drive their vehicles in simulators that replicate real driving conditions using virtual reality.
See, in this video, how women are occupying increasingly important positions in Zambia’s mines, doing work that would have appeared unthinkable 20 years ago.
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The new $2,1-billion Sentinel mine, in the remotest corner of Zambia’s North-Western province, is the mining industry’s most-ambitious venture ever, and the single-largest upfront infrastructure investment in Zambia since the Kariba dam.
And by virtue of its technological sophistication, it...
Copper mining can produce lucrative by-products. The most common one in Zambia is cobalt, which sells for five times more than copper on world markets.
But the ultimate by-product for any copper mine is gold, and FQM’s Kansanshi mine in Solwezi...
Meet Maambo Malambo, Optimisation Superintendent for Mining Operations at Kansanshi Mine, and find out about the important work that she and her colleagues do to keep Kansanshi producing copper every day.
By reviewing the previous day’s performance – from drilling...
Because of the huge amount of work, heat and processing required to produce metals, mining is one of the most energy-intensive industries in the world and accounts for an estimated 5% of global electricity consumption.
In all mining countries, the...
What will Kansanshi’s S3 expansion mean for Zambia? For starters, it will almost double the North-Western Province mine’s current copper output, responding to the world’s growing need for this metal that’s critical to the green energy transition.
A sum of...
Despite thousands of retrenchments in late 2015, employment in the Zambian mining industry actually increased slightly in 2016, absorbing and making good on the losses of the previous year.
That’s according to figures by the Zambia Chamber of Mines, published...
With copper now hovering around $6 000 a tonne, the red metal is enjoying its strongest and most sustained price rally since the depths of the global commodity slump in January 2015, when it was languishing at around $4...
The CEO of Glencore’s Mopani copper mine in Kitwe, Johan Jansen, uses football to explain where the company is in the worldwide league of costs.
"Like a sports team, Mopani is near the bottom of the league, and needs to improve...
