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First Quantum Minerals (FQM) has spent over US$7 billion on local procurement and provided opportunities for growth of Zambian businesses. “Kansanshi Mining Plc spent US$7.8 billion on procurement within Zambia from 2010 to 2015, which translates into 88 percent of the company’s total operational expenditure,” Trident Foundation manager Garth Lappeman …

Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) is planning to shed off more workers despite having laid off hundreds last year, the Mine Union of Zambia (MUZ) has revealed. But Mines Minister Christopher Yaluma has said Government would not allow KCM or any other mining company to lay off workers without giving proper …

Chambishi Copper Smelter has shut down its Anode and Reduction furnaces due to electricity shortages. In an interview after mines minister Christopher Yaluma toured the plant, CCS deputy manager in charge of Safety Health and Environment Robinson Mubita said the power the processing plant was receiving was not sufficient and …

First Quantum Minerals has committed US$50 million next year for longer-term repairs on the Chingola-Solwezi road as part of the public-private partnership. In a statement, FQM head of government affairs John Gladston said the mine is spending US$2 million on stabilising the 180 kilometre road before the onset of the …

Will Zambia be ready when the copper price recovers? Being unprepared for the coming upswing in metal prices is the number one risk facing global mining – and copper mining in particular, says Ernst & Young in its annual risk report, Business risks facing mining and metals: 2015-2016. That’s according to …

What are the main factors Zambia needs to address to make the country an attractive mining destination, unleash billions of dollars of foreign investment and create a stronger economy? The question featured prominently in this year’s Zambia International Energy Conference and Exhibition (Zimec), in Lusaka on 23-24 June. A stable …

Zesco Limited says completion of its K21 million electricity distribution infrastructure projects in Mbala district will enhance people’s livelihoods since they will now access power to support various developmental projects. In a telephone interview recently, Zesco Mbala area manager, Joseph Kafungu said installation of distribution infrastructure equipment such as sub-stations; …

ZESCO United’s Jesse Were is a top-quality football player – 6 goals in two games earlier this season is proof enough. Were also happens to be Kenyan; he is one of 6 foreign players in Zesco United’s 30-man squad. Football teams and their management are judged by their successes, and …

Celebrating twenty years in the mining and related industries, MineWare Africa has been producing software solutions that improve business and production systems since 1996. “Everything on one screen,at your finger tips” MineWare Consulting has a selection of software tailored to the Southern African mining and related industries. All MineWare software …

Marthinusen & Coutts has completed the rebuild of a 6 550 kW 2 pole 11 000 Volt squirrel cage induction blower motor for Zambian copper mine. Rob Melaia, engineering and technical executive at Marthinusen & Coutts, a local repairer of rotating electrical equipment, says that the motor had suffered a …