Congo miner Chemaf shut one of its processing plants on Sunday, saying it could not source oxide ore. This is slowing the supply of key reagents mines need for copper processing, he said. Increased checks at the Zambia-Congo border crossing are also creating delays, with a 35km (22 mile) queue of trucks south of the border, according to another logistics company official in Zambia. The amount exported through Walvis Bay has increased by a third.Ī First Quantum spokesman did not respond to a request for comment on Monday.īarrick has got a waiver from the Zambian government in order to export copper concentrate from its Lumwana mine duty-free though Dar es Salaam and Walvis Bay, Chief Executive Mark Bristow told Reuters.Īt this stage most of the concentrate is being sold to trader Trafigura and sent to smelters including Vedanta Resources’ Konkola Copper Mines smelter in Zambia, he said.īut smelting capacity in the region is shrinking: Glencore’s Mopani Copper Mines unit in Zambia shut from Wednesday, with its smelter and refinery only processing material already on-site.Ĭhina Nonferrous Metal Mining Group Co (CNMC), which runs the Deziwa mine in Congo and Chambishi in Zambia, is also exporting copper through Walvis Bay, the Zambia logistics source said.Ī CNMC manager familiar with the company’s African operations said it might look for a port in Namibia if logistics issues continue at South African ports. It is sending around 12,000 tonnes of copper through Dar this month - more than twice the usual average of 5,000 tonnes, according to the Zambia logistics source. Some port personnel who were initially sent home have not yet returned to work.įirst Quantum is now exporting all the copper from its two mines in Zambia through Dar es Salaam and Walvis Bay, whereas the majority previously went via Durban, a source close to the miner said in London. Transnet Port Terminals made 3.7 billion Rand ($200 million) in revenue in 2019 from dry bulk, which includes copper, coal and grains.Īlthough South Africa’s ports are open again to non-essential cargo, capacity has been hurt by the lockdown, logistics firm Grindrod said, predicting revenue at the company’s port and terminals businesses would fall in April. Transnet, which manages South Africa’s railways and ports, did not respond to questions about the hit to its revenue from the lockdown. Mozambique’s Beira port, 1,200 km (746 miles) north of the capital, Maputo, and Namibia’s Walvis Bay are also seeing more copper and cobalt export volumes than average, said a logistics company official in Zambia, who also asked not to be identified. “Everybody is now looking at Dar as the reliable solution, because in South Africa it’s not clear.”Įxports of copper cathodes and copper concentrate through Dar have increased by between 20% and 25%, he estimated. “Then all the documentation was changed and they started the journey to Dar,” the official added. “The moment the lockdown happened, all the trucks on their way to South Africa were basically stopped and offloaded at a warehouse in Zambia,” said an official in Tanzania’s capital, speaking on condition of anonymity. Trucks from the copper belt were turned round midway through journeys to Durban and redirected to Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam port, officials at two regional logistics companies said. Without giving any evidence, Magufuli said vaccines may be part of a foreign plot to steal Africa's wealth.But miners in the copper belt - an area spanning northern Zambia and southern Democratic Republic of Congo - did not wait for that clarification before acting. They will scare you a lot, my fellow Tanzanians, but you should stand firm." "You inhale while you pray to God, you pray while farming maize, potatoes, so that you can eat well and corona fails to enter your body. "We will also continue to take health precautions including the use of steam inhalation," he said. He has promoted traditional remedies, without offering data or scientific evidence. The president has rubbished imported testing kits, saying they also returned positive results on a goat and pawpaw fruit. Magufuli won re-election last year in the former British colony but has faced accusations from Western countries and opposition parties that he is eroding democracy, which he denies.
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Unlike most nations, Tanzanians are still allowed to gather, for example, to watch sport.
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Tanzania has not published nationwide figures since May 8, when it had 509 cases and 21 deaths, according to WHO data. I don't expect to announce any lockdown because our God is living and He will continue to protect Tanzanians." "We Tanzanians haven't locked ourselves in and we don't expect to lock ourselves down.