MTE Solwezi 2023, Zambia

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Provides valuable information on minerals’ exploration and mining developments throughout Africa. It reports on the continent’s renaissance in mining and market opportunities associated with it. The magazine is read by geologists, mining consultants and engineers, mine suppliers, and senior management and technical specialists at mines, as well as decision and policy makers within exploration companies, mining groups, government departments and financial institutions.

Some of the products / services you can expect to see on the day:
Updated: (11/09/2023)

  • Abrasive manufacturer
  • Automatic fire suppression system for all engine compartments
  • Bearings, valves, vee belts, valve repairs, asset management, technical services and pumps
  • Collision avoidance (PDS)
  • Comprehensive services for gear units and couplings as well as mechanical drive repairs
  • Conveyor belt tracking rollers, scrapers, skirting rubber, safety roller guards and impact beds
  • Crushing, screening and materials handling
  • Design and manufacture standard and custom tools for the industrial and “do it yourself” markets
  • Design and supply of process equipment
  • Direct hydraulic drives
  • Distributors of pumps, motors, air compressors, controls and drives
  • Electrical carbon brush and switchgear manufacturer
  • Electrical, pumps, mechanical and engineering services
  • Engineering
  • Engineering design and fabrication, wear solutions and industrial 3D printing
  • Fluid engineering – specialising in pumping, agitation, mixing, separation and purification technologies for fluids of all types
  • Footwear
  • Heavy duty coatings, decorative, industrial and automotive
  • Heavy duty machines
  • Importers and distributors of pumps in southern Africa
  • Industrial light fittings
  • Industrial lighting and LED experts
  • Instrumentation and condition monitoring
  • Laboratory equipment supplier
  • Machine control
  • Manufacturer and OEM of RNE vertical spindle pumps and all steel motors for mines, chemical, plant and slurry application
  • Manufacturer of conveyor idlers, frames, belt clamps and pulley bagging
  • Manufacturer of engine protective systems and CNC machining services
  • Manufacturers and distributors of electrical cables and wires
  • Market leaders in industrial heat-transfer products
  • Material handling equipment supplier
  • Materials handling, wear solutions, flow and industrial, instrumentation, power generation and geotechnical monitoring systems
  • Mechanical engineers, precision machining, fabrication, hydraulics and pneumatics
  • Mining business intelligence
  • Pipes
  • Power tool accessories
  • PP woven packaging, acrylic yarn, knitwear, security wear and blankets
  • Product movement and transfer
  • Pumps, pump repairs and pump rental
  • Pumps, valves and filter supplier to the mines
  • Renault car dealer
  • Safety equipment, electric motors, civil works, fire solutions, metal fabrication, refrigeration services, labour hire and NDT management
  • Specialist HDPE lined steel pipe and fitting suppliers and support services in thermoplastic lined solutions
  • Specialists in aftermarket earthmoving
  • Steel merchants – suppliers of plate, structural steel, pipe and roofing materials
  • Supplier of crusher spare parts and equipment
  • Supplier of hoses, conveyor belts, rubber sheeting, rubber bellows and product accessories
  • Supplier partner of transformers and motors
  • Supply and servicing of equipment to mining and allied industries – pumps, electrical, heavy equipment, sulphuric and solution and mechanical
  • Training and learnerships
  • Underground and open pit electrical plug connectors
  • Valves, pumps, pipes and fittings, valve and pump repairs
  • Weighing equipment and fuel management systems

Background

The Kansanshi copper-gold mine near Solwezi, 10km north of Solwezi, is the largest copper mine in Africa and has been the flagship operation of First Quantum Minerals since 2005. The mine is owned and operated by Kansanshi Mining PLC, which is 80 per cent owned by First Quantum.

Solwezi is a fast-growing town due to the booming mining industry, which has made it an international attraction for investments. Being the biggest copper mine in Africa, Kansanshi, has undergone several expansions since it began operation in 2005. The mine is capable of producing 340 000t of copper and over 120 000oz of gold annually.

Kansanshi is a vein deposit containing both copper and gold and these minerals are extracted using conventional methods across two large open pits, Main and Northwest. Ore treatment is flexible to allow for variation in ore type either through an oxide circuit, a sulphide circuit and a transitional ore ‘mixed float’ circuit with facilities to beneficiate flotation concentrate to final cathode via the high-pressure leach circuit. Gold is recovered from all ore types by six gravity concentrators and then Gemini tables treat the gravity concentrates and produce a high-grade concentrate for direct smelting to gold bullion.

Several expansion projects are underway for Kansanshi, including exploration surveys for additional copper mineralisation consisting of geophysical surveys and soil geochemical sampling. As of 2021, a new cleaner flotation circuit for sulphide cleaning is underway to improve concentrate grades for the operation. Additionally, there are plans to increase smelter capacity and recommence development of the S3 Project, a copper sulphide concentrator originally approved in 2012.

Industry in the Solwezi area, aside from mining, includes processing, acid, quarries and engineering.

Visitors

Name of OperationType of OperationOwner of OperationCommodity
Kansanshi Copper MineOpencastFirst Quantum MineralsCopper

Exhibitors we would like to see:

Exhibitors at all three Zambian expos should include companies that supply equipment or products to the copper mines, or that supply equipment or products that can be used in the copper mining process. Zambia is one of Africa’s biggest copper producers, so if you’re involved in that business, this is the expo for you. Products and services in demand in the area include PPE suppliers, fuel meter calibration, mill liners, OEM suppliers of bearings and filters, survey equipment, industrial lighting, cleaning chemicals and abrasives, oil filtration and purification and pump equipment.


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