Hearing of a case in which the people of Kanyika in northern Malawi’s district of Mzimba sued Globe Metals and Mining (Africa) Limited to recover damages and compensation arising from extensive mining and prospecting operations conducted by the latter, began on a good note on Friday at Mzuzu High Court. Lawyers representing the Kanyika community […]
Officials from Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP), a civil rights arm of the Catholic church has urged government to come out clearly and say whether there will be niobium mining at Kanyika in Mzimba or not. CCJP coordinator in Mzimba Anorlld Msimuko said it was a disgrace that families were removed from the […]
Friends of Mabilabo (FOM) on Sunday threatened to takeover affairs of Kanyika Niobium Mining which is currently being run by an Australian Company, Global Metals. Globe Metals has been accused of eroding the livelihoods of villagers in the area by degenerating them into abject poverty. Speaking when the grouping was donating mattresses and bed sheets […]
Communities around Kanyika in the area of Traditional Authority Mwabilabo in Mzimba where Global Metals and Mining Company embarked on exploitation of samples for the mining project have expressed concern over delays by both government and the company in compensating and relocate them to another place. According to Chipele Jere, Chairperson of Mwabilabo Area Development […]
Inkosi Mabilabo Jere of Mzimba and his community has asked management of Global Metals and Mining who are behind Kanyika Niobium Mine to pack up their equipment and go for their failure to provide social and economic demands. The Kanyika Niobium Mine will be the first of its kind in Africa but the fourth in the world […]
Since independence, Malawians has lived to believe that economy of the country is agriculture, many people know that the major contributing factor to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is agriculture and nothing else. With this mindset all efforts as far as increasing the GDP are put to agriculture, yet there are more ways as […]
M’mbelwa district council on Monday took a swipe at CCAP Livingstonia Church and Society for frustrating the mining of niobium at Kanyika mine in Mzimba. The council”s director of planning and development Humphrey Gondwe told director of the Church and Society Moses Mkandawire to discipline his officers who he said go about the mine area with some […]
Globe Metals and Mining said the results of the definitive feasibility study (DFS) on its Kanyika Niobium Project in Mzimba district northern Malawi has delayed due to the ongoing discussion with the Malawi government on the development agreement. “The primary objective of these discussions is to assess development joint venture opportunities that can assist the […]
Communities surrounding Kanyika Niobium mine in Mzimba say they will block full scale mining at the site until- Globe Metals and Mining- the company tasked with the mining project meets their socio and economic demands. The communities said this on Saturday during an environmental impact assessment meeting held at Kanyika TDC. The communities said the […]
The fate of the much awaited Kanyika Niobium Project in Mzimba district northernMalawi lies in the hands of the board of directors of the parent company Globe Metals and Mining which will meet in February 2013 to review the project after five years of ground work. Globe is currently carrying out a definitive feasibility study […]
One of China’s largest banks has agreed to provide US$520 million (MK144 billion) as credit to Globe Metals & Mining to finance its Kanyika Niobium Project in Mzimba district northern Malawi raising hopes of jobs among Malawians once production starts in 2015. But locals think their major benefit will be in terms of infrastructural developments such as […]
The Malawi government has renewed by a further two years an exploration licence for the proposed Kanyika Niobium Mining project in Mzimba district, Nyasa Times has leant. Niobium is a rare, soft and gray-white metal that is used for the production of high-temperature-resistant alloys and special stainless steels among other things and was discovered at Kanyika, Traditional Authority […]
Global Metals and Mining, the company that will run the Kanyika Niobium Mining Project in Mzimba district has described its self as “in an extremely cash rich position, being debt free and with an excess of Australian Dollars of 44 million at the bank”. Once operational the mining project is expected to rack in US$170 […]