Zambia’s Labour Minister Fackson Shamenda has asked the High Court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit by Dangote Industries Zambia Limited. Mr Shamenda said the Dangote lawsuit should be set aside because it was wrongly taken to court. Dangote Industries Zambia Limited sued Mr Shamenda for slander and libel. The company …

After shutting down for a month to allow maintenance works, operations at Konkola Copper Mine’s (KCM) Nchanga smelter in Chingola have resumed. KCM undertook maintenance works at the Nchanga smelter to boost production, and operations at the facility had since resumed, after successfully completing the exercise. Vedanta Resources chief executive …

Blackthorn Resources Limited has been granted a large-scale mining licence for the company’s flagship Kitumba copper project in Zambia. According to Mining Africa Year Book latest updates the mining licence was granted for an initial 25-year period. The Kitumba Project is located in west-central Zambia, about 200km northwest of the …

Marthinusen & Coutts in consolidating its role as an integrated electrical and mechanical services provider for the power generation and other industries in Africa, has signed a contract at the N’Zilo hydroelectric power station in the Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The contract included the …

Government has revealed that it will continue to support Kagem and the entire mining sector in creating a conducive business environment. Speaking at the opening of Kagem’s auction of high grade rough emeralds today, Minister of Mines Energy and Water Development, Christopher Yaluma said “the continued auctioning of emeralds in …

A dark cloud hangs over Zambia again after the passing of its fifth President Michael Chilufya Sata in London on October 28. The late Sata becomes the second president to die in office, after the cold hand of death robbed the copper-rich Southern African country of its leader Levy Patrick …

By Hicks Sikazwe Just four days after Zambia, Africa’s largest copper producer celebrated 50 years of independence from Britain, its president, Michael Chilufya Sata died at King Edward VII hospital in London, becoming the second country’s head of state to die in office within six years. Locally known as king …

With the construction industry and demand for cement said to be one of the key drivers, Tanzania’s economy is booming at a rapid rate. The increased demand in cement is further fuelled by ongoing natural gas discoveries offshore of the Lindi and Mtwara regions. The commissioning of the Dangote Group’s …

In order to avoid the risk that Vedanta Resources- owned mining firm Konkola Copper Mines might use its liquid assets to frustrate U& M Zambia’s efforts to enforce an arbitration award a London Court has maintained that the freeze on the firms global assets be sustained. This matter came up …

Murray & Roberts Cementation Zambia has reported the completion of the sinking of the Synclinorium Shaft project in Kitwe, Zambia for its client Mopani Copper Mines (MCM). “The last blast of the Main shaft took place on 30 September 2014 with the shaft at a final depth of 1 280.85 m …