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In a move designed to broaden the availability of high-performance bulk material handling technologies in Southern Africa, Martin Engineering RSA has named Fluid Base Industries as its full-service distributor in Zambia.  Fluid Base will be a source for all Martin Engineering RSA products and services throughout the country, including conveyor …

“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 …

London-Listed miner, Enviro Processing Limited (EPL) wants to spend over US$460 million to revive operations of the Kabwe lead, zinc and copper producer, situated in Central province after close to 10 years of inactivity. The plant, it is proposed together with auxiliary infrastructure will be installed at a total cost …

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 …

Revenue for the world’s largest emerald producer, Gemfields Limited Plc., rose 137 percent during the last six months ending December last year, compared to a similar period a year earlier. The rise in revenue spurred by its new advertising campaign image entitled ‘The Art of Colour’ unveiled, has boosted the …

By Matthew Hill  Early figures show Zambia in 2013 lost its standing as Africa’s biggest copper miner- held for the past 26 years, according to a metals analyst CRU Group. With the massive mining projects underway in the country, will the home of the continent’s biggest reserves of the red …

The uranium being extracted at Lumwana mine in Zambia as a by-product of copper ore, is merely being stockpiled and not processed, says Mines and energy minister Christopher Yaluma.  Yaluma told lawmakers on February 25 that although there were stockpiles of the uranium product at the mine in north western …

Government seeks to enhance the growth of the extractive industry by taking bold decisions that will benefit the Zambian people from the country’s mineral wealth as adopted by the Government when it ascended to power in 2011. President Michael Sata noted that although there have been some pockets of ‘resistance …

First Quantum Minerals Limited has lamented the constrained copper smelting capacity in Zambia which has negatively affected the company’s annual profits recorded at its Kansanshi unit in Solwezi, north western province, a company official says.  Chief executive officer and Chairperson Phillip Pascall said inadequate smelting capacity forced a build-up in …