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The Zambian Government has opened talks with mining companies over the controversial mineral royalty tax, on the eve of the Barrick Gold Corporation embarking on the process to suspend operations at Lumwana mine in Solwezi. However, acting president Guy Scott has maintained Zambia will not be intimidated by some mining …

By Hicks Sikazwe The decision by Barrick Gold Corporation, a Canadian multinational, to suspend operations at Lumwana Mine near Solwezi in North-Western Province did not only open up new wounds but demanded immediate answers as to who benefits from Zambia’s copper proceeds? On December 17, Zambia’s Parliament approved a proposal …

“Positive signal of government’s willingness to promote the sector” Zambia’s Minister of Mines, Energy and Water Development, the Hon. Christopher Yaluma, will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming Copperbelt Mining Trade Expo and Conference or CBM-TEC that is taking place in Kitwe, Zambia from 28-29 April 2014. Organised in …

Mining Companies should strive to ensure that they commensurate their investment in communities they operate to allow locals benefit from the corporate social responsibility, says deputy mines minister, Richard Musukwa. Various companies in the private sector have to date invested over US$220 million in various communities where they operate. Mining …

Exploration Companies need to tap into vast unexploited mining resources as part of the diversification from the mono-commodity copper mineral and assist develop the sector’s operations in the country, says mines and mineral resources minister Christopher Yaluma. The spreading of exploration activities in unexploited areas will assist Zambia; Africa’s leading …

Government seeks to re-organise the emerald and precious stone industry to ensure that the sector realizes its full potential as one of the country’s foreign exchange earner. Minister Christopher Yaluma previously noted that the auctioning of precious stones outside the country has resulted to stones being less recognised to its …

Chinese-owned Non-Ferrous Cooperation Africa (NFCA) Mining, located in Chambishi on the Copperbelt has dragged Hybrid Poultry Farm for allegedly making false representations that it was affected by the mining company’s on-going construction of the South East Ore Body (SEOB) project. The company argues that Hybrid Poultry Farm had allegedly made …

Kagem Mining Limited, Zambia’s leading emerald miner has donated US$1 million to Lufwanyama district in Ndola rural as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility. Kagem Mining said the social investment of US$1 million will be used in among other ventures, upgrading of a clinic to hospital status, construction of a …

The increasing demand for African mineral and natural resources has continued to attract various multinational companies seeking to venture on the continent, Zambia, inclusive in search of ‘reliable crushing infrastructure’. The increasing mineralization by many African countries, led by Zambia, Africa’s top copper producer, has spurred the demand for mining …

LUSAKA – The national railways of Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania have signed an agreement to make it easier to transport goods such as copper by rail between the countries, an official said on Monday. Until now, railway traffic has often been held up by paperwork and procedures …