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Turning mineral abundance into competitive industries will require governments across the region to coordinate investment, pool infrastructure and strengthen cross-border supply chains, Minister of Minerals and Energy Bogolo Joy Kenewendo has said, making the case for regional cooperation to capture greater economic value from the continent’s resources. Kenewendo outlined Botswana’s …

For generations, the children of Kabwe, Zambia, have inherited a landscape poisoned by industrial ambition. They run across soil thick with heavy metals, breathe air laced with invisible dust, and grow up under the shadow of a colossal, toxic waste pile known locally as the “Black Mountain”. Their everyday surroundings …

Mining companies are increasingly recognising that decisions made upstream can influence performance much further downstream. The challenge is determining whether those impacts are occurring within a particular operation, where they originate and how they can be measured in a technically credible way, says Hendrik Botha, Global Portfolio Manager: Explosives & …

Trafigura has appointed Chipokota Mwanawasa as Executive Director in Zambia, reinforcing its leadership across metals and minerals, energy and logistics in a market central to global copper supply and regional energy trade. Based in Lusaka, Mwanawasa will coordinate the group’s activities in Zambia including strategic business development and engagement with …

A planned 67% increase in pipeline capacity along the Beira–Feruka route is putting regional fuel security in focus, with infrastructure operators and industry stakeholders set to meet in Zambia to examine how the expansion could improve supply to mining and industrial markets across Southern Africa. Companhia do Pipeline Moçambique-Zimbabwe (CPMZ) …