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Holding our mining houses to a higher standard

By PROFESSOR OLIVER SAASA* Venerated novelist, essayist and critic George Orwell once said, “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” Among the many things that have often been difficult to hear is the opinion that Foreign Direct …

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ERB grants approval for CEC, ZESCO bulk supply agreement

The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has granted regulatory approval of the new bulk supply agreement (BSA) to be entered into between CEC and ZESCO Limited (ZESCO). According to CEC this follows the initialing of the BSA by CEC and ZESCO on 6 April 2022, an application for regulatory approval was …

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Lower feed grades affect Kansanshi Mine

First Quantum Minerals has recorded a 2,180 decrease in its copper production at its Kansanshi Mine in Solwezi for the second quarter of 2022. Kansanshi’s copper production was 39,719 tonnes, while the company’s copper production at its Sentinel mine in Kalumbila of 52,447 tonnes was on target. Combined production from …

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