Mopani, which is more than 90 years old, has the potential to produce 225,000 tonnes of copper annually, nearly three times its expected 2022 production, but it needs investment of at least $300 million to fund a complicated underground expansion.Tuesday, 11 October 2022 – Brighton and Hove Albion have announced the shock retirement of Enock Mwepu at the age of 24 after the midfielder was diagnosed with a hereditary heart condition. Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema, elected in August 2021, has overseen reforms in the mining tax regime in a bid to attract new investment and boost production in Africa’s second-biggest copper producer. Sibanye, which mainly produces platinum group metals and gold, has expanded into battery metals including lithium and nickel through a string of acquisitions. ZCCM-IH (ZCCM.LZ) hired Rothschild in June to help find a new investor to upgrade and expand it. JOHANNESBURG, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Sibanye-Stillwater (SSWJ.J) has expressed an interest in Zambia’s Mopani Copper Mines, the mine and smelter complex looking for new investors after Glencore sold the asset to state mining investment company ZCCM-IH in January last year, CEO Neal Froneman said on Wednesday.įroneman said Sibanye had registered an interest around a year ago, and that “we remain interested”. “We like Zambia, we like what the new president is doing there,” Froneman said. South African Gold miner Sibanye-Stillwater interested in Zambia’s Mopani Copper Mines -CEO

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