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…ore off-take agreement clinched Chillerton, an emerging copper and cobalt development company, has become one of the largest license holders in the Copperbelt following the award of a further three large scale mining (LSM) licences in July 2021. According to the company, the licenses cover in excess of 20,000 hectares …

According to media reports in Zambia, opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia won a landslide victory in the country’s presidential election, a development that bodes well for a possible bailout with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). At a press conference in the capital, Lusaka, Electoral Commission of Zambia Chairman Esau …

The past 18 months have torn through industry and sector globally, leaving behind complex layers of economic instability and financial growth uncertainty. For the oil and gas sector, these months have hit the bottom line like a hammer – as the African Energy Chamber (AEC) Africa Energy Outlook 2021 report …

Due to robust demand and restricted supply, tin and aluminium prices are expected to outperform the rest of the basic metals complex in the second half of 2021, according to Antaike, a state-backed Chinese research agency. “Tin and aluminium are still much stronger than other metals, followed by nickel and …

This month marks five years since the commissioning of Zambia’s largest coalfired Thermal Power Plant at Maamba Collieries Limited (MCL) in Sinazongwe District, Southern Province and commencing supply of electricity to the national grid. The state-of-the-art 300 MW plant was commissioned by the Republican President H.E. Mr Edgar Chagwa Lungu …