MAAMBA coal mine limited plans to commission the 150 megawatt thermal power plant before the end of this year at a cost of US$750 million, the company said. According to Maamba Collieries, 65-percent majority owned by Singapore’s Nava Bharat Pvt, the collier is expected to spend US$750 million over the …

Coal production at Zambia’s sole producer, Maamba Collieries Limited in Southern Province, more than doubled last year as the company ramps output up to meet demand from various end-users, the company says.  In 2012 production of the heating substance at Maamba Collieries in Sinazongwe, about 350 kilometres south of Lusaka,  …

FQM says it wants the government to quickly grant title for its controversial 5,100-hectare land in Solwezi, claiming further delay will affect development of an investment economic zone and the town by the mining giant. Tristan Pascall, an assistant general manager at Kalumbila Mining Limited, a unit of the First …

Zambia plans to review the mining policy before the end of this year to trigger increased economic growth that will culminate into the country attaining a middle income status by the year 2030, says mines energy and water development minister, Christopher Yaluma. Yaluma says plans are underway to revise the …

Zambezi Resources has received official confirmation from the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) of the go-ahead for its Kangaluwi Copper Project. The company received a formal approval letter this week reiterating approval of the Environmental Impact Study (EIS) for its 100 percent-owned project in Luangwa District. This follows approval from …

Construction of the US$1 billion joint venture North West Rail venture planned to take off next March and will be cardinal in resolving the transportation hurdles faced by mining companies in north western Zambia. North Western Rail Limited and Grindrod Limited have signed a joint venture agreement to construct the …

Chinese-owned Changfa Resources Limited, a new copper mining company in Mufulira in Northern Zambia,  has traced vast and rich copper deposits with potential to extend the country’s mining lifespan, the company says. During its three geological studies undertaken recently south of Mufulira, an old mining town in northern Zambia, the …

North Western Railway, Zambia’s first  private sector-driven liner,  could soon be on the slippers following the company’s recent partnership with Grindrod to develop the project to link Zambia with Angola.  In a statement, North Western Railway, will partner with Grindrod’s Mauritian-based subsidiary to undertake various liner jobs over the 590 …

China-owned Chambishi Copper Smelter seeks to complete the construction of the project and has budgeted over US$200 million and meet the increased  demand  for  smelting works by various mining companies in the Southern African nation and Africa’s top copper producer. The mining company, one of the latest projects to come …

Australian-listed and exploration and mining company, Zambezi Resources Ltd., owners of Kangaluwi Copper mine in Zambia, have allayed fears raised by various players over the oncoming project, the company says.  In a statement availed to the Mining News Zambian, the miner is committed to working with local communities and environmentalists …