Tag: Mining

Government Sets to Boost Income Through Mining

Published on April 28, 2025 by Lisa Bandawe

Government through the Minister of Mining has stated that the country has the potential to generate over 1.8 billion US […]

New foreign exchange act sparks debate over exporters access to forex

Published on April 8, 2025 by Lisa Bandawe

Parliament of Malawi has passed the 2025 Foreign Exchange Bill, ushering in a new legal framework that replaces the decades […]

Chakwera Names Mining Expert Professor Kalindekafe to Head New Malawi Mining Investment Company

Published on February 12, 2025 by Edgar Naitha

President Lazarus Chakwera has appointed mining expert Professor Leonard Kalindekafe to head the newly established Malawi Mining Investment Company (MAMICO). […]

6 Family Members Among 8 Killed in Chingola Mine Collapse, Zambia

Published on October 30, 2024 by Evance Kapito

In a tragic incident, six members of the same family are among eight illegal miners who died when a section […]

Ministry of Mining to host a mining investment forum

Published on April 9, 2024 by Victoria Manjolo

Mining sectors contribution to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) to 20 percent, the Ministry of Mining has revealed plans […]

Landslide Claims 22 Lives at Illegal Mine in Tanzania

Published on January 16, 2024 by Edgar Naitha

Twenty-two people have died following a landslide at an illegal mine in northern Tanzania, officials said. The incident occurred at […]

Social Commentator Joshua Chisa Mbele questions Mary Chilima’s involvement in mining

Published on September 2, 2021 by Robert Ngwira

One of the social commentators in the country Joshua Chisa Mbele has questioned the involvement of Mary Chilima, a spouse […]

Gemological Institute of America to explore Ruby, Sapphire in Malawi

Published on November 24, 2014 by Face of Malawi

In 1958, a ruby and sapphire deposit was discovered about 145 kilometers south of Malawi’s capital of Lilongwe on Chimwadzulu […]

Malawi’s Duwi project is world’s richest in high grade graphite, other minerals – Report

Published on October 27, 2014 by Face of Malawi

After extensive drilling and exploration of the Duwi project in Malawi prospective owners,   Sovereign Metals Limited, have affirmed the mineral […]

Sovereign Metals announces Duwi Trend in Malawi as one of the world’s largest graphite deposits

Published on October 22, 2014 by Face of Malawi

Last week, Sovereign Metals announced mineral estimates at its Duwi Trend in the Central Malawi Graphite Project in Lilongwe District. The project has one of the largest, high-grade, […]

Sovereign Metals hits more graphite in Malawi

Published on August 25, 2014 by Face of Malawi

Sovereign Metals intersected more broad, high grade graphite intercepts from the first 11 holes assayed at its Duwi flake graphite project […]

Malawi tobacco production, economic reactor

Published on July 8, 2014 by Face of Malawi

Malawi’s economy is based primarily on the agricultural sector, which employs about 85% of the workforce.In 2013, the growth was […]

Intra Energy Ltd booming on the coal mining market

Published on July 4, 2014 by Face of Malawi

Intra Energy Corporation Ltd, active in the coal sector in East Africa, with a strong anchoring in Malawi, booming with […]

Extracting poverty in mines worth billions in Malawi

Published on July 4, 2014 by Face of Malawi

A 2012 Malawi National Export Strategy details that Malawi produced minerals worth K21.9 billion in 2010 and K23.7 billion in […]

High HIV rates in Malawi’s mining sector

Published on June 26, 2014 by Face of Malawi

Malawi Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) implementing projects in the mining and extraction sector have been asked not to overlook the […]

Globe Metals & Mining’s Niobium and Graphite activities progress in Malawi

Published on June 26, 2014 by Face of Malawi

Kanyika Niobium Project in Mzimba and Chiziro Graphite Project in northeast of Lilongwe are progressing according to Globe Metals & Mining‘s recent announcements. These […]

Paladin to shut down it Kayelekera uranium mine in Malawi

Published on May 28, 2014 by Face of Malawi

Paladin has announced it will cease production at its Kayelekera uranium mine in Malawi. It comes after the miner advised […]

Malawi Congress Party President, Lazarus Chakwera, is unhappy with Malawi’s mining policies

Published on September 10, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

In 9 months, Malawi will give birth to its next president. In the upcoming May 2014 tripartite elections, Malawians will […]