MACRA starts G-Mobile licence revocation process

By: Gregory Gondwe

Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) announced early last week that it has started the licence revocation process of Global Advanced Integrated Networks (G-Mobile), a company that would have been the country's third mobile phone service provider. MACRA PR officer Zadziko Mankhambo said they were compelled to start this process after G-mobile failed to beat a third deadline of 12 April 2010

Thuthuka expects Kanyika ‘issues’ to be resolved by end-April

By: Esmarie Swanepoel

20th April 2010 

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PERTH (miningweekly.com) – South African engineering firm Thuthuka Group (TGL) has told Mining Weekly Online that issues around the delay of the Kanyika niobium project, in Malawi, would be resolved at the end of April.TO READ MORE CLICK HERE

Lisungwe CEO resigns2010

2010-04-06 15:48:44

Lisungwe chief executive and company secretary Roy Tucker has resigned.


The Lisungwe group holds extensive mineral exploration licence areas in Malawi.
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Globe Metals & Mining Intersects High-Grade HREO At Machinga Project

Globe Metals & Mining (ASX: GBE) has reported the first laboratory chemical results for the initial trenching program, comprisinTO READ MORE CLICK HEREg 8 trenches in total, at the Machinga Rare Earth Project in southern Malawi.

Malawi niobium bankable feasibility study delayed – Globe

13th April 2010 

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PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Africa-focused Globe Metals & Mining has pushed back the forecasted completion date of its bankable feasibility study (BFS) for its Kanyika niobium project, in Malawi, owing to a disagreement with its South African joint-venture (JV) partner, Thuthuka.

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Malawi Power Shortages Will Have ‘Significant’ Growth Impact

TO READ MORE CLICK HEREBy Nasreen Seria

March 31 (Bloomberg) -- Malawi’s power shortages will have a “significant” impact on economic output in the short term and the government has made it a priority to secure fund

Nuclear energy revival ensuring future of uranium mining

TO READ MORE CLICK HEREBy: Keith Campbell

9th April 2010

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JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – World energy demand is growing. The International Energy Agency predicts that global energy requirements will increase by 40% by 2030. No less than 80% of this increase in demand will come from emerging and developing countries.

AfDB Approves U.S.$ 17.5 Million Budget Support for Malawi

April 2010

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Tunis — The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, approved on Wednesday, 7 April 2010 in Tunis a US $ 17.5 million (UA 11.5 million) grant to assist the Malawian government in implementing its Growth and Development Strategy aimed at reducing poverty.


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New $62m Lilongwe dam project being given urgent attention

2nd April 2010 

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Malawi’s Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) is preparing to embark on a $62-million project to construct a new dam on the Diampwe river, in the central region of the country, in order to boost its water supply capacity and meet increasing demand in the capital city.

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Southern Africa Has Potential for Geothermal 'Clean' Energy

1 April 2010

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Recent geological surveys have provided evidence that Malawi, Mozambique and the United Republic of Tanzania have huge potential for geothermal energy, which could reduce heavy reliance on hydropower and fossil fuel in those countries and the region.EO READ MORE CLICK HERE

Malawi to Boost Tobacco Export Earnings 20% as Quality Improves

March 31 (Bloomberg) -- Malawi, the world’s biggest producer of burley tobacco, will probably boost export earnings from the leaf by 20 percent this year as lower output and better quality lifts prices, the Tobacco Control Commission said.TO READ MORE CLICK HERE

Malawi Should Lift Power Supply to Spur Growth, World Bank Says

April 1 (Bloomberg) -- Malawi needs to invest more in power supplies to maintain the economic growth it has enjoyed since 2004, said the World Bank, which welcomed the recent move to weaken the

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Resource Star Uncovers High Grade Uranium & Niobium Potential In Ilomba Hill

Resource Star (ASX: RSL) has acquired newly discovered historical rock-chip results from RSL’s 90%-owned Ilomba Hill tenement in Malawi that confirm prospectivity for niobium, zircon and uranium, and indicate the presence of localised high grades.TO READ MORE CLICK HERE

Malawi's New IMF Loan Boosts Prospects for Sustained Growth

April 1, 2010

Malawi’s recent robust economic growth has enabled one of Africa’s poorest countries to make real strides in reducing chronic food insecurity and progress toward poverty reduction and development targets.

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