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Government has stopped Konkola Copper Mines’ outsourcing intentions, until negotiations with the unions are concluded. Kampamba Mulenga, chief government’s spokesperson recently told media that government will only intervene in the matter when the two parties finalise their discussions. KCM intends to transfer 1,000 workers to contractors but Mulenga said moving …

More and more mines are seeing the benefits and the profitable returns of investing in condition monitoring, with a direct positive impact on productivity and machine availability, and reduced maintenance costs, enthuses condition monitoring specialist WearCheck. The company provides condition monitoring services in Central Africa through its two Zambian laboratories …

Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) and BetterWorld Energy Zambia have started rehabilitation of disused mine-land outside the Copperbelt town of Chingola. The project funded in partnership with donor agencies and other financial institutions, will see the planting of 400 000 of the trees over the next three years. The disused mine-land …

Government has announced intentions to issue two-year permits to small scale gold panners. The development comes, following the Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development’s (MMMD) plans to make legal the ancient method of gold mining. Willy Chilufya, Head of Mineral Economics at MMMD recently declared that issuing gold panning certificates …

Illegal small-scale miners operating within Konkola Copper Mines’ area have appealed to government to compel the miner to let go copper waste dumps to avert illegal mining activities. Commonly known as Jerabos, the illicit miners want government to force KCM to discharge overburdened dumps. Martin Kalunga, Chairman of the Big …

As dialogue over electricity subsidy extended to the extractive industry drag on, Energy Forum Zambia (EFZ) has challenged miners to compare local tariffs to prices paid in the region. “We are challenging the Zambia Chamber of Mines to bring in public domain tariffs obtained in other countries where there is …

Zambia Chamber of Mines (ZCM) says the country’s mining industry still has potential to be amongst the most sustainable global. Nathan Chishimba, ZCM president said despite experiencing vast challenges in the past years, regular dialogue will spur the mining industry is to remain sustainable and profitable over the coming years. …

Konkola Copper Mines -KCM- has started handing over more than four thousand miners to a private Chinese investor JHX and many others. All the miners at Konkola Shaft three in Chililabombwe have been handed over to JHX under the outsourcing business development model the mine is implementing in a move …

The Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) will actively contribute and support Government’s goals by diversifying the country’s energy mix through investment in alternative sources of power. Currently, the company has agreed with the Copperbelt University to make the solar plant available to the university as part of its corporate social responsibility …

Government has finished feasibility studies on two routes of the Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL) to modernise its operations. In this vein, Government is in discussion with two Chinese railway companies that were engaged to conduct feasibility studies for ZRL. Minister of Transport and Communication Brian Mushimba said the two companies …