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 […]
Uranium miner Paladin Energy has reported a uranium oxide (U3O8) spillage near its Kayelekera mine, in Malawi’s northern border district Karonga. The company said a truck carrying a container of uranium oxide from its Kayelekera mine in Malawi overturned while negotiating a curve in the road. The container fell loose and was punctured by a […]
Government Spokesperson, Brown Mpinganjira says Paladin Africa Limited which was given a license to mine Uranium at Kayerekera in Karonga was not in the wrong to halt production at the plant. Mpinganjira made the remarks Saturday in Blantyre following an announcement from Paladin Africa to temporarily close the mine, a move likely to negatively affect […]
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 Energy, the Australia-based parent company of Kayelekera Mine, announced plans further to boost production at its mines and push ahead with the sale of its Namibian mine whilst more than doubling its full year loss in the reporting year to US Dollars 420.9 million. The loss in the previous year was US Dollars 172.8 million. […]
Malawi has lost almost K970 billion in five years through tax incentives given to foreign investors such as in a bid to attract investment into the country, this is according to a report by ActionAid seen by Nyasa Times. The ActionAid report released in June indicates that from 2008 to 2012, in Malawi alone more […]
Malawi government officials were in the dark that uranium miner Paladin Energy is selling shares to raise about $78 million)to bolster funding which Paladin Africa mining in Malawi at Kayelekera in Karonga has kept a tight lid on the issues. Nyasa Times understands that government of Malawi is a shareholder in Paladin Africa and apparently […]
Uranium miner Paladin Energy Ltd has halted trading in its shares as it prepared to announce an update on its strategic initiatives to reduce its debt. In a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange, Paladin requested the halt until August 5 at the latest. The reports indicate that the company plans to undertake capital raising […]
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 […]
Since last week’s stinging observation by United Nations (UN) Special Raportuer on the Right to Food Olivier De Schutter regarding Malawi’s Kayelekera Uranium Mine deal, two elusive culprits remain pretty much intact in their hard shells. It is as if the country’s most guarded contract between government and Australian company, Paladin Africa Ltd has not […]
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 […]
The controversial Kayelekera Uranium Mine Project in northern Malawi has delivered a 20 percent increase in its annual production, which is four percent above the March quarter with 789 430 pounds (358 tonnes) produced during the June quarter. However, this is despite claims by the owners (Paladin Africa, a subsidiary of Australia’s Paladin Energy) that the […]
Paladin (Africa) Limited has chased one of its ex-employees, whom it fired while on sickbed, out of Mwaiwathu Private Hospital as it revealed could no longer pay his hospital bills, Nyasa Times understands. Francis Mkonda, who was admitted to Mwaiwathu earlier this year after collapsed while working at Paladin’s Kayerekera mine, has been shifted to […]
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 is sailing in troubled waters following Malawi government rejection of its application made by for an Exclusive Prospective Licence extension and the company has of late been dominating headlines for wrong reasons. Paladin applied to Malawi government for an extension of EPL 0168, EPL 0169 and EPL 0170 beyond seven years but […]
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) […]