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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 …

By Nkosilathi Mudiyi The legal checks are done, the deposit is due within days, and the proceeds are already earmarked for copper. Jubilee Metals, a Zambia focused integrated copper producer and resource developer listed on the LSE’s Aim and the JSE’s AltX, says legal due diligence on the proposed disposal …

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 & …

When Good Oils Go Bad Part 7 By Steven Lumley, technical manager, WearCheck Specialist condition monitoring company, WearCheck, continues the discussion around oil condition – the latest topic is additive depletion. Tell me if this sounds familiar – you glance at your phone and see 12% battery remaining. Not ideal, …

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) …

Perpetual Next have signed a license and engineering agreement with Air Liquide Engineering and Technologies for the supply of syngas-to-methanol technology for Perpetual Next’s first biomethanol facility, with an option to extend across other biomethanol sites. The agreement marks an important step in the industrial roll-out of Perpetual Next’s Biomethanol …

By Nkosilathi Mudiyi A proposed critical minerals partnership with the United States is moving forward on a separate negotiating track after Zambia secured a formal separation between mineral access discussions and a US$1.5 billion health funding agreement. Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mulambo Haimbe confirmed the development at …

SKF South Africa will demonstrate at the South African Railway Association (SARA) 2026 Expo how its full value chain – from advanced components to digital monitoring and lifecycle services – is driving a sustainable rail ecosystem on the African continent. For more than a century, SKF has partnered with railway …