Will Malawi benefit from being the last born?
Reblogged from : Malawi’s mining future hangs in the balance. Sharon Saylor LILONGWE, MALAWI – Known as the warm heart of Africa, Malawi, an undiversified, agriculture-driven economy, is home to […]
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Negotiating for Malawi’s Niobium: Government and Globe Metals & Mining continue to discuss Mining Development Agreement
In March, we blogged that the Board of Directors of Globe Metals & Mining had postponed a decision to give the go-ahead for the Kanyika Niobium Project in Mzimba because of ongoing […]
SacOil begins planning of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for exploration of Lake Malawi (Block 1)
SacOil Holdings Limited, one of the two companies with exclusive prospecting licences (EPLs) to explore for oil in Lake Malawi, has begun work on this licence that was awarded in […]
Mkango Resources, a REE company exploring in Malawi, starts Tweeting
Please help in welcoming us to @twitter! We are open to comments & follow suggestions! #mining #Malawi — Mkango Resources (@MkangoResources) April 16, 2013 Mkango Resources, a company exploring for rare […]
“Malawi is open for business” – President of Malawi addresses Scottish Parliament
As we reported yesterday, Malawi’s president Joyce Banda along with Malawian Members of Parliament and senior government officials are in the United Kingdom. Today Banda addressed the Scottish Parliament to […]
Will protests against Paladin go ahead as planned tomorrow? Updated: Demonstration Called Off
Tomorrow protests against Malawi’s largest mining operator Paladin Africa Ltd. are due to start. However, Karonga’s District Commissioner is reported to have not granted the organisers permision for the two-week-long demonstrations. […]
Campaigning for Malawi’s Participation in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
Malawi’s government set up a taskforce in 2010 to pave the way for Malawi to sign up to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). It is also one of the guidelines […]
Delegation from the United Arab Emirates meets with Malawi’s President to discuss mining
Yesterday, Joyce Banda, Malawi’s president, met with mining investors from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe. His Highness Sheikh Saidi Bin Saqirbin Muhammed Al-Qasimi, Member of the […]
On the Dismissed University Bill and Enhancing Skills in Malawi’s Mining Sector
Last week, Malawi’s parliamentarians in the Legal Affairs Committee sent back to the drawing board the proposed controversial University of Malawi Bill (2012), which would have replaced the current University […]
Paladin’s CEO Communicates on Reports that Retrenched Malawian Miners Stormed the Site
Last week, 8 February 2013, we posted that an article on Nyasa Times indicated that a group of ex-miners stormed Kayelekera mine, Malawi’s largest mine operated by the Australian company Paladin Africa Limited. This […]
