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Africa’s second largest copper producer Zambia is on a rebound path to regain its top spot on the continent after being surpassed by the Democratic Republic of Congo – DRC (3) years ago. Zambia’s peak was on the 1972 era when the mines were nationalized. In the period the Southern …

Afrique Nama Mining Limited (ANML) has announced intentions to develop a US$10 million cobalt mine in Mushindano district. ANML has submitted an environmental impact assessment (EIA) report to the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) ahead of the development. The project is to construct a mineral processing plant to process copper …

Verder Peristaltic Pumps offer several advantages for mines to pump their slurries. Some of the advantages include less water, power, space, damage chemicals and downtime. According to the company, the hose pumps can circulate slurry SGs of 1.6 to 1.8 or up to 80% solid content. The traditional centrifugal pump …

Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) has suspended operations at its Nchanga Mine following acts of vandalism. Shapi Shachinda, Konkola Copper Mines Manager for Public Relations and Communications on Wednesday told media that the criminals cut a high voltage electricity cables disrupting operations. The criminals stole at least 9 high voltage copper …

Mozambique’s power utility company EDM has cut electricity supply to ZESCO over the past seven months, to recover a $100 million debt. Geta Remigio Manuel Percy, EDM’s director of Economy and Finance told Zitamar News that EDM stopped supply to ZESCO last December for lack of payment after debts which …

As copper prices rise from the 2015 slump to reach highs of $6000 a tonne, analysts are optimistic the trend will continue. Investment research houses like Citi Research and Goldman Sachs have issued bullish reports on copper this year – with Citi predicting the price will hit $7 000 a …

Chamber of Mines says implementation of new projects is at risk in Zambia and other mining countries around the world due to the increasing shortage of specific skilled and experienced people. According to a latest report by the Chamber of Mines titled ‘Searching for talent-skills and employment in the global …

Government has announced intentions flush out foreigners employed in the mining sector to create jobs for qualified Zambians. Kampamba Mulenga, Chief Government Spokesperson says concerns from the labour movement motivated the decision. She said Zambia has well trained mining experts hence the need for mining houses to employ competent and …

Australian company Cape Lambert has ventured into a joint venture with Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Paragon Mining to exploit the country’s cobalt and copper. The JV is to develop the Kipushi cobalt-copper tailings project, the Kasombo copper-cobalt project and operate the Kipushi processing plant. In addition, operate the fully …

Poorly thought-out mining policies are impacting Africa’s mining sector, the annual mining jamboree Mining Indaba in Cape Town, South Africa has heard. Sharing the same sentiments, stakeholders said uncertainty and inconsistency are hampering the search for new mining investment on the continent. In addition, the policies have cast a shadow …