Zambian Mining News The Premium Source of Information on The Zambian Mining Industry

This year, leading South African condition monitoring specialist WearCheck celebrates a remarkable milestone 50 years of helping industry to improve reliability, reduce downtime and extend the life of critical assets. From humble beginnings in Durban in 1976, WearCheck has grown into one of Africa’s foremost condition monitoring organisations, supporting customers …

An alternative route to international markets is moving closer to becoming a reality for Zambia, with the proposed Zambia – Lobito Railway advancing towards financial close following the selection of preferred construction bidders and freight-user commitments covering approximately 2 million tonnes annually. Beyond improving copper export logistics, the project is …

Nigeria billionaire, Aliko Dangote is scheduled to headline African Mining Indaba 2027, to share his continental vision on capital required to build globally competitive African industries. Over several decades, Dangote Group has built businesses across African markets and progressively expanded the scale and complexity of the industrial projects, the company …

Ivanhoe Mines’ Kamoa-Kakula operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) produced 76,401 tonnes of saleable copper products in the third quarter of 2026, up about 19% on the previous quarter. The gain comes as global demand for copper grows, driven by electrification, renewable energy, electric vehicles, data infrastructure …

technologies, network connectivity needs to be customised to meet more demanding applications, such as low-latency and uplink-intensive applications, says multinational networking and telecommunications company Ericsson South Africa head Siseko Ngxola. Consequently, Ericsson’s Private 5G network solution is increasingly becoming a key enabler of mining transformation as companies aim to scale …