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The 2022 edition of Investing in African Mining Indaba, originally scheduled for February has been moved to May 2022. Organisers of the event said the decision was made following extensive consultation with partners, key stakeholders across the mining value chain and government ministers. “Collectively we decided, due to ongoing challenges …

Zambia’s largest export market in Africa has remained the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with exports to the DRC totalling over K10.7 billion in the six months ending June 2021. However, successive Zambian governments have focused their efforts on strengthening diplomatic ties with western countries, some of which have little …

Jubilee Metals, a metals processing company listed on the London Aim and JSE AltX exchanges, announced on Tuesday that it had signed a binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the refining of copper and cobalt, two highly sought-after green metals. The MoU with Mopani, a Zambian subsidiary of ZCCM Investment, …

According to the Zambia Chamber of Mines, Copper producers in Zambia are ready to start $2 billion expansion projects next year if they can reach a royalties agreement with President-elect Hakainde Hichilema’s new administration. Companies such as First Quantum Minerals Ltd. and EMR Capital are ready to raise capital for …

The Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) executive director Bernadette Zulu says the continued investments in the energy sector are an ingredient for industrialisation. She said if investors reciprocate by investing in key economic sectors, the government’s heavy investment in power generation over the last decade will soon change the …