Chambeshi Metals sees higher prices for Zambia cobalt in 201

Chambeshi Metals sees higher prices for Zambia cobalt in 2010
Chambishi Metals Plc CEO, Derek Webbstock, has said the company expects cobalt prices to rise in 2010 and 2011 as demand from the battery industry improves.
Webbstock said on that although rising cobalt output in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will temper price gains, this effect will be offset by higher demand for the metal by makers of batteries for motor vehicles.
EURASIA Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC), a mine based in Kazakhstan said after the acquisition of Enya Holdings, a major shareholder of Chambishi Metals, and its Dubai-based marketing operation last week, that it hopes to cut costs by using the Chambishi plant in Zambia to process copper and cobalt produced in the DRC, where it also bought a mine last year.
The firm said it plans to invest US$80 million in Chambishi by 2011 to upgrade its facilities, which will boost annual capacity to 55,000 tonnes of copper cathode from the current level of 25,000 tonnes.
The combined operation is expected to produce 130,000 tonnes of copper cathode a year and 12,000 tonnes of cobalt-contained metal salts and concentrates by 2012, the company said.
ENRC last week bought Enya Holdings, which has a 90% stake in Chambishi and 100% shares in Comit Resources of Dubai, a marketing and sales company that has historically handled Chambishi's copper and cobalt sales. ENRC agreed to buy a copper and cobalt processing plant in Zambia for US$300 million.
Meanwhile, Mines minister, Maxwell Mwale, has said Government is not aware of the agreement by the Kazakh miner to purchase the cobalt and processing plant in Zambia. He said Government has not received any information concerning the agreement. - http://af.reuters.com; http://www.miningweekly.com; http://www.busrep.co.za; http://www.daily-mail.co.zm; Daily Mail, Tuesday February 23, Pg 4.
Chambishi Metals Plc CEO, Derek Webbstock, has said the company expects cobalt prices to rise in 2010 and 2011 as demand from the battery industry improves.
Webbstock said on that although rising cobalt output in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will temper price gains, this effect will be offset by higher demand for the metal by makers of batteries for motor vehicles.
EURASIA Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC), a mine based in Kazakhstan said after the acquisition of Enya Holdings, a major shareholder of Chambishi Metals, and its Dubai-based marketing operation last week, that it hopes to cut costs by using the Chambishi plant in Zambia to process copper and cobalt produced in the DRC, where it also bought a mine last year.
The firm said it plans to invest US$80 million in Chambishi by 2011 to upgrade its facilities, which will boost annual capacity to 55,000 tonnes of copper cathode from the current level of 25,000 tonnes.
The combined operation is expected to produce 130,000 tonnes of copper cathode a year and 12,000 tonnes of cobalt-contained metal salts and concentrates by 2012, the company said.
ENRC last week bought Enya Holdings, which has a 90% stake in Chambishi and 100% shares in Comit Resources of Dubai, a marketing and sales company that has historically handled Chambishi's copper and cobalt sales. ENRC agreed to buy a copper and cobalt processing plant in Zambia for US$300 million.
Meanwhile, Mines minister, Maxwell Mwale, has said Government is not aware of the agreement by the Kazakh miner to purchase the cobalt and processing plant in Zambia. He said Government has not received any information concerning the agreement. - http://af.reuters.com; http://www.miningweekly.com; http://www.busrep.co.za; http://www.daily-mail.co.zm; Daily Mail, Tuesday February 23, Pg 4.