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Commodities like copper are becoming increasingly important as the electric vehicle industry grows. Karan Rathi, board director of mining company Chillerton Group, speaks about the copper industry in Zambia and how the Covid-19 pandemic has heightened investor support for projects and communities. Zambia, after the Democratic Republic of Congo, is …

Mining companies in Zambia are calling for a more stable business environment that would allow them to invest more in production. The Zambia Chamber of Mines, which represents foreign mining companies operating in Zambia, stated that a supportive environment, stable policies, and exploration were critical to the mining industry’s long-term …

Many African governments take a short-term, predatory approach to the sector, playing to populist rhetoric, rather than engaging it as a long-term developmental partner. Africa has the potential to be the continent of the future in the mining industry. However, if government’s approach mining companies in a predatory manner, this …

A“flare up” in mining resource nationalisation from 2020, is set to continue this year and into 2022, reports financial risk management, solutions and insights firm Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research (Fitch Solutions) (Fitch Solutions). Over the past 12 months, resource nationalism in top mining jurisdictions has flared up …

Mining corporations are considering investing in nations that they previously deemed too hazardous, such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia, owing to a shrinking pipeline of large copper mines elsewhere and record-high prices. Because of investor concerns about unpredictable regulatory regimes, difficult working conditions, and corruption, some …