Category: Mining
Schlettwein Hoping To Get Miners On Board For Desalination Plans
By:Fransina Nghidengwa The government is hoping to collaborate with mining companies on the construction of the central and coastal desalination plant. Agriculture, Water and Land Reform Minister Calle Schlettwein said this during his address to the new board of the…
Alleged Fraud In Mining Licence Acquisition: Alweendo Points Finger At Xinfeng
By:Justicia Shipena In the Xinfeng Investments case, the lawyers for Mines and Energy Minister Tom Alweendo argue that the company misrepresented the work of others, particularly in areas such as exploration work, mineral resource estimation, and mining methods, all of…
City Authorities Ensure Power Stability, Residents Safe From Disconnection
By:Justicia Shipena The City of Windhoek (CoW) has taken decisive action to assure its residents that no one will face power disconnection. The CoW’s recent assurance of uninterrupted power supply to its residents comes at a time when the municipality…
The Untapped Potential: Addressing Namibia’s High Percentage Of Unprocessed Gemstone Exports
By: Justicia Shipena Trade Minister Lucia Ipumbu has expressed sadness over the fact that more than 90% of gemstones leave the country in their unprocessed form, depriving the nation of the economic benefits that could derive from value addition. Ipumbu…
400 Rössing Workers To Be Axed Next Year- Union Claims
By:Hertha Ekandjo and Matthias Hangala Around 400 workers of the Rössing Uranium mine will be retrenched come next year, according to the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN). The company last month began offering its workers voluntary separation packages, until the…
Askari To Hit Namibian Lithium Targets After Raising N$46m
By: Justicia Shipena Askari Metals will accelerate lithium exploration at its Uis project after meeting the conditions for $2.5 million (N$46 million) in strategic equity investment by global battery materials supplier Huayou International Resources. Huayou will subscribe for 4.5 million…
Union Doubts Chamber’s Employment Figures
By:Mauricia Koopman The Mine Workers Union of Namibia (MUN) has expressed scepticism at the employment figures on the sector released by the Chamber of Mines. The Chamber, this week, released its annual report in which it indicated that total direct…
Namibian-Chinese Joint Venture To Build 50 MW Wind Power Plant
By:Staff writer Namibia’s power utility, NamPower, and CERIM Luderitz Energy, a joint venture between Energy China and locally owned Riminii Investments, on Monday signed power purchase and transmission connection agreements. This is to develop a 50 MW wind power plant…
Africa Oil Focuses Nigerian And Namibian Orange Basin Assets
The Canadian full-cycle upstream oil and gas company is maintaining its primary focus this year on its Nigerian and Namibian Orange Basin assets Africa Oil Corp is a top-tier performer with high-quality producing assets and a strong balance sheet. Equally important,…
Seibeb Calls On Lithium Factory To Be Established In Uis …says Namibia should impose moratorium
By: Justicia Shipena Landless People’s Movement (LPM) member of parliament Henny Seibeb has called for a community owned lithium factory to be established in Uis, with 60% shares. Seibeb also proposed the imposition of an embargo on the lithium industry….