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Thursday 11 July 2024

First Mining Drc-Zambia's biggest news from the week

Glencore DRC participates in the 2024 DRC Mining Week

Glencore is proud to have sponsored and participated in the 2024 DRC Mining Week in Lubumbashi to discuss topics under the conference theme: 'Prioritising sustainable mining operations and local transformation in the DRC'. Now, in its 19th edition, the conference has become an essential platform for sharing best practices, key learnings, and solutions among industry peers aimed at positioning the DRC as one of the leading mining districts in the world.

The DRC's Minister of Industry and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise to Promote Critical Mineral Prospects at CMA
Multilateral development finance institution the African Development Bank announced a $7 million trade finance guarantee facility to Access Bank DR Congo to support Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) and local businesses in February 2024. The financing aims to address the funding shortages that impede the growth of SMEs and their full participation in key economic sectors, including agriculture and mining.
As part of efforts by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to strengthen SMEs and advance its critical minerals sector, Hon. Louis Kabamba Watum, Minister of Industry and the Development of SMEs has joined the Critical Minerals Africa (CMA) Summit as a speaker.

Dig deep to aim high: how to use mining to unlock Mauritania's potential

These are exciting times in Mauritania. This nation connecting West and North Africa is transforming its economy through mining, green hydrogen, and natural gas. During the campaign for presidential elections, held on June 29, President Ould Ghazouani announced he would scale up the mining industry if re-elected.

A bigger and better government offering, strongly positioned, and elevated at Mining Indaba 2025 (MI25), designed with attendees in mind
As the African mining industry continues to grow, the role government must fulfil in ensuring sustainable investment and development is becoming increasingly important. In acknowledgement of this, Mining Indaba is investing significantly in ensuring the presence of a larger mining government contingency in 2025.

Multotec leverages vast global expertise and experience to support the booming lithium sector in Brazil
Multotec's experience and expertise in dense media separation (DMS) across the world is hugely benefiting lithium operations in Brazil. This sector is currently booming due to global demand for renewable energy storage.

Gravitas® co-creates sustainable separation, process solutions through strategic partnerships
Separation or process solutions for commodities from chrome to iron ore must comply, or exceed, any mining company's Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) strategy. This is where a holistic separation solutions technology provider like Gravitas® Minerals can co-create an optimal solution based on its 40 years' collective experience in commodities, technologies, and systems.

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