Malawi niobium project’s resource up 77%

30th June 2010
Updated 3 hours agoTEXT SIZE PERTH (miningweekly.com) – The total measured and indicated resource for the Kanyika niobium project, in Malawi, had increased by 77% to 23-million tons, owner Globe Metals & Mining said on Wednesday

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Better, same or worse

56 percent of Malawian sazy things are getting better, 21 percent say things are the same and 23 percent say things are getting worse

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Old Mutual launches $40m retail centre in Malawi

The development is financed by MPICO.

Construction of a new regional shopping centre in Lilongwe will begin in June this year. This week MPICO, (Malawi Property Investment Company Ltd), the locally listed and largest property development company in Malawi, announced that it is developing a $40 million, 18 000m² shopping centre development in the western suburbs of Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi. The development is financed by MPICO, the National Bank of Malawi and two major international financial institutions.  An experienced South African development team comprising developers, financiers, professional designers, engineers and contractors will be managing the development and construction of the project for MPICO.

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Malawi's First WIMAX

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS -- 06/16/10 -- WIMAX FORUM GLOBAL CONGRESS - Burco Electronic Systems Ltd, a leading ISP and IT solutions provider in Malawi, and Aptilo Networks, the global leader in integrated solutions for control of billing, user services and access in wireless networks including WiMAX™ and Wi-Fi, jointly announced today that Burco has selected the Aptilo WiMAX CSN System™ for their eWiMAX service, the first WiMAX 16e-based broadband Internet service in Malawi.

Bharti to invest $100 million in Malawi: Africa CEO

LilongweTuesday, June 22, 2010 22:01 IS: Bharti Airtel will spend $100 million in the next three years on network expansion in Malawi, the head of the mobile phone operator's African unit said on Tuesday




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Bharti Airtel Bosses to visit Malawi

TOP officials from Asia’s leading telecommunications corporation Bharti Airtel are expected in Malawi this week to hold discussions in furtherance of their business interests with Zain Malawi management.

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Malawi inflation slows

June 15, 2010 11:30PM


Malawi’s year-on-year inflation slowed to 7.8 per cent in May from 8.1 per cent in April, the National Statistical Office said on Tuesday.

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Mozambique approves EIS to build the second port in Nacala

APA-Maputo (Mozambique) Mozambique has approved an environmental impact study ordered by the Brazilian mining giant, Vale, to build a mineral seaport in Nacala-a Velha in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula, and a 200 km branch railway linking the coal mines of Moatize, in the western province of Tete, to Malawi, a senior government official said here Thursday.
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Paladin to reach nameplate capacity at Kayelekera by end-June

By: Liezel Hill

10th June 2010

Updated 25 minutes agoTEXT SIZE TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Uranium-miner Paladin Energy expects to achieve nameplate production from its Kayelekera mine in Malawi during the current quarter, GM for corporate development Justin Reid said on Wednesday
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African Development Bank to Fund Songwe River Project

APA-Lilongwe (Malawi) The Tunisia-based African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an African Water Facility (AWF) grant of E3.549 million to the Malawi and Tanzanian governments to finance a detailed design and implementation of the Songwe River Basin Development Programme (SRBDP)

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Growth Down; Unemployment Up

y Claire Ngozo
LILONGWE, Malawi, Mar 31 , 2010 (IPS) - Due to the global economic and financial crisis, growth on the African continent dropped to an average of 1.6 percent in 2009, compared to 4.5 percent in 2008.


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Resource Star concludes due diligence on Livingstonia Uranium Project

Saturday, 05 June 2010

Resource Star has reported the successful completion of the due diligence on the Livingstonia Uranium Project in Malawi, southeast Africa and has informed the company’s JV partner, Globe Metals and Mining

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