A tank containing untreated radioactive material has exploded at Kayelekera uranium mine in northern border district of Karonga spilling into the local river system and leaking to Lake Malawi causing alarm amongst locals. A coalition of Malawi civil society organisations has recently accused uranium Paladin Energy of secretly discharging contaminated sludge and mining tailings into […]
Uranium miner Paladin Energy has rejected allegations by nongovernment organisations (NGOs) in Malawi that it is discharging toxic waste from its Kayelekera uranium mine into a local river system in the northern border district of Karonga. The company said on Monday that the accusations by the groups and individuals openly hostile to the company, contained “misleading […]
Paladin Energy says discharging water from a tailings dam at its Kayelekera Uranium Mine into the North Rukuru River, a source of water for people in the Karonga District in the north of Malawi, poses no human or environmental hazards. All released water will be treated to meet local and internationally recognized standards, including World […]
Uranium miner Paladin Energy Ltd is facing resistance from residents of northern bordr district of Karonga on plans to reopen its Kayelekera mine, in Malawi, following the conditions that thecompnay presented to the community this week. In his presentation Greg Walker Acting General Manager for Operations on Tuesday at the Karonga district chamber during said Paladin will restart […]
Paladin Africa Limited employees working at Kayelekera Uranium Mine in the northern Malawi are to be laid off and the mine is heading for shut down. The mine which will remain with a few skeleton staff has started the retrenchment only but more job losses may be in the pipeline as it prepares for closure, […]
A former employee for Paladin (Africa) Limited working at Kayelekera Uranium Mine in Karonga district, who was sacked while on sickbed at Mwaiwathu Private Hospital after getting injured while on duty, has died. A family member confirmed Francis Mkonda died last week Wednesday, September 11, at Mzuzu Central Hospital after failing to win the battle […]
Paladin Africa, an Australian Company which runs the Kayelekera Uranium Mine in Malawi’s northern district of Karonga has temporally shut down the mine due to lack of chemicals which is used to mix with solid parts of uranium to make it gas substance, Nyasa Times understands. A company official told Nyasa Times that suppliers of acid […]
Paladin said on Wednesday that it has suffered a work place fatality at its Kayelekera Mine in the northern Malawi’s Karonga district. The company said in a news release seen by Nyasa Times that a Malawian employee, Khwima Phiri, died on the morning of July 30, 2013, after being struck in the chest by a […]
United Nations Special Raportuer on the Right to Food Olivier De Schutter who was in Malawi for an assessment of the food situation in the country has rubbished Kayerekera uranium mine deal between Malawi and Australian Paladin Mining Company saying the Southern African country has had a raw deal that is robbing the poor. The […]
Malawi Immigration Department officials on Tuesday morning raided Paladin’a Kakerekera uranium mine in the northern border district of Karonga to check on foreignors if they had the right to work following media reports of illegal lags. An immigration official said they raided the mine following revelations that foreigners are working at the company without proper […]
Uranium miner, Paladin Resource Limited says the five of its employees at Kayelekera Uranium Mine in Karonga who are being held by Police had threatened to damage the mine. Nyasa Times earlier reported that the five, arrested last week Friday, were also suspected of being linked to the theft of explosives worth US$5780.76 (about K2, 150, 600) […]
Malawi Police in the northern border district of Karonga are keeping in custody five Kayelekera Uranium Mine workers on allegations they threatened management to blow up the mine. The five, arrested last Friday, are also suspected of being linked to the theft of explosives worth US$5780.76 (about K2, 150, 600) belonging to China Road and […]
Malawi has in the few weeks been engaged by a plethora of stakeholders discussing strategies to revive, or more on the ground, reclaim the benefits that Malawians are been milked of by the so-called extractive industry multi-national corporations. They call themselves investors, and government believes that the Malawi Development Goals (MDGs – who cares if […]
Malawi government has started renegotiating the deal with Paladin Africa Limited (PAL) on the Kayerekera Uranium Mine for the mutual benefit of the two parties, Minister of Mines John Bande has disclosed. Bande said the previous Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration had secret deals with the Australian-based uranium miner, Paladin, regarding the development of mining […]
The Malawi Government has bowed down to pressure from concerned Malawians and come out publicly that it will renegotiate the controversial Kayerekela Uranium Mine deal and remove the confidentiality clause in contract. Government has also confessed that the previous Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration had secret deals with the Australian-based uranium miner, Paladin, regarding the […]
The Karonga Business Community, which claims to be an umbrella organization for 52 business groups, has called off planned public protests aimed at forcing the Australian mining company Paladin to close down Kayerekera Uranium Mine saying it will need to re-strategize the way forward. Spokesperson for demonstrations Wavisanga Silungwe in a brief media statement swallowed his […]
Karonga District Commissioner’s office has denied permission to the organizers of the planned public protests aimed at forcing the Australian mining company Paladin to close down Kayerekera Uranium Mine, saying the decision was in the interest of maintaining public peace and security, which is a paramount responsibility office. DC Bambe said this in a letter […]
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said it has not received a complaint from Australian uranium miner Paladin, alleging corrupt practices by the ruling People’s Party top brass and an unnamed journalist despite Paladin general manager for international affairs, Greg Walker insisting he informed ACB. Paladin operates Kayelekela Uranium Mine in northern Malawi district of Karonga. Walker said […]