Marthinusen & Coutts has completed the rebuild of a 6 550 kW 2 pole 11 000 Volt squirrel cage induction blower motor for Zambian copper mine. Rob Melaia, engineering and technical executive at Marthinusen & Coutts, a local repairer of rotating electrical equipment, says that the motor had suffered a …

Specialist manufacturer DCD Heavy Engineering is nearing completion on a two-year project to produce winder drums for a copper mine in Zambia. The South African-based specialist manufacturer DCD Heavy Engineering notes that the contract was for two double-drum winders for hoisting rock and two single-drum winders for hoisting personnel, with …

A Chinese firm, Ruida Investment Limited, is expected to invest US$20 million to revamp operations at Jifumpa old mine in Kasempa to start copper production. About 300 jobs are expected to be created by the end of this year at the Jifumpa mine, formerly Kalengwa, which is located about 96 …

Chibuluma Mines Plc says the company has allocated US$ 4.4 million under the rehabilitation programme aimed at restoring the landscape to its original state after the projected closure of the mines in 2022. Although, the mines accounts for less than two percent (13, 300 tonnes of copper in 2015 out …

China has ordered to buy about 1,000 tonnes of copper following the agreement which was signed between the two countries, Small Scale Industries Association of Zambia (SSIAZ) has said. Recently, SSIAZ and the China WTO Africa Affairs Trade Promotion Centre (CWTO) signed an agreement to promote trade and investment between …

Zambia Chamber of Mines president Nathan Chishimba says the mining industry has no major concerns going into next month’s elections because there is an understanding among all political parties that mining is not a short-term venture. There have been concerns by some political and economic commentators that after the elections, …

LUSAKA – Zambia’s copper production rose by 8% to 368 371 t in the first six months of this year from 340 510 t in the same period last year, the country’s chamber of mines said on Tuesday. Full-year copper production in Africa’s second-biggest copper producer was expected to rise …

Glencore’s Zambian Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) has halted production at all its operations after four miners were killed in separate accidents, a company official said on Friday. MCM on Thursday suspended production at its Mufulira underground mine after three miners were electrocuted, the official, who declined to be named, told …

First Quantum Minerals’ new $2.1-billion Sentinel mine in Zambia is the one of the most-ambitious ventures for the country’s mining industry. This is according to the Zambia Chamber of Mines which states that the Sentinel mine is the single-largest upfront infrastructure investment in Zambia since the Kariba dam. And by …

The copper price is set to dip during the second half of the year, as poor producer discipline, higher output and lower Chinese demand growth combine for a fifth consecutive year of price decline in 2016, according to a new report by market analysts at Thomson Reuters GFMS. Analysts expected …