1 May – Celebrating our workers
International Labour Day, also called Workers Day, is celebrated across the world. And so it should be. It matters very little whether the employer runs a grocery store or a mine, our businesses are all only as good as our employees. ERGA is joining hands with the Zambian government in honouring employees at Chambishi Metals…
Read MoreElectriFiciency: Energy Saving Campaign
ERGA has embarked on an ambitious energy saving campaign – “ElectriFiciency”. Coined from the combination of the two concepts at the core of the project, “Electricity and “Efficiency,” ElectriFiciency is a five-year programme which aims to improve energy efficiency by approximately ten percent across all our African assets. This is in line with ERG’s commitment…
Read MoreBoss Mining provides hand-on experience to students in the DRC
During 2017 Boss Mining provided a total of 538 academic and professional internships. The internships are intended for those university/college and high school students who wish to familiarise themselves with practice at the mine, adding the experience to their book knowledge. Internships run for one to two months. Over and above this, from time to…
Read MoreA schoolgirl who dreamed of working on chemical transformation
Celebrating Women at ERGA Africa “We are all individuals with different abilities and skills and we have every right to use them without discrimination in the areas we are interested in and in which we are competent.” Jovitte Kahindo Mubawa, a junior metallurgist supervisor at Boss Mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’s) Katanga…
Read MoreERG at Mining Indaba 2018
Eurasian Resources Group participated extensively as a corporate sponsor at this year’s Mining Indaba held from 5 to 8 February. We participated in the following sessions: Benedikt Sobotka (Chief Executive Officer): High-level panel debate – How can we close the trust deficit between government, industry and communities?; CEO Roundtable – Innovation; Electric vehicles and Energy Minerals Roundtable…
Read MoreThe Boss Life of Mine Study
A seven-month Boss Life of Mine Study is under way, conducted by managing consultant AMEC Foster Wheeler. Sub-consultants will also contribute to the final study report. ERGA’s in-house teams have already found that through a number of step-wise interventions, there is potential to generate a tenfold increase in cobalt production and a doubling of copper…
Read MoreThe secret of success is constancy to purpose
8th March is International Women’s Day (IWD). ERG Africa is sharing an inspiring series of narratives on our Women in Mining to celebrate their tenacious achievements. We kick off the series with a focus on Gracia Kapisha Change. We will continue our stories up until National Women’s Day happening in South Africa on 9 August.…
Read MoreThe policing effect of consumer power
Publication: International Investment Date: 19 February 2018 Author: Dr Alexander Machkevitch, Chairman of Eurasian Resources Group Global trade has done wonders for investors and consumers by reducing prices and increasing returns. By shifting production to low labour cost areas it has helped lift the poorest out of poverty. But in the headlong pursuit of lower…
Read MoreCobalt market needs representative pricing for intermediates – Southgate
Publication: Metal Bulletin Date: 6 February 2018 Author: Janie Davies The cobalt market needs to find a way to price intermediate products while their share of the overall market grows, Eurasian Resource Group’s Head of Strategic Cobalt Marketing Tony Southgate told Metal Bulletin. Intermediates production will continue to outpace metal production, driven by battery sector…
Read MoreCobalt boom ‘guaranteed’ for 7-10 years – ERG’s Southgate
Publication: Metal Bulletin Date: 6 February 2018 Author: Janie Davies Cobalt’s boom days will continue for the next seven to 10 years amid strong demand from the electric vehicles sector as well as traditional cobalt consumers, according to Eurasian Resources Group’s (ERG) Tony Southgate. “Our view is that the cobalt boom is guaranteed for the…
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