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Investment in design and management of its haul road network has reduced annual spending on the haul fleet at First Quantum Minerals’ Kansanshi Mine by US$5 million. Good pit road maintenance has reduced damage to the tyres – worth US$31,000 each – on its fleet of 82 massive US$3.8 million …

Condition monitoring specialists, WearCheck, recently launched a quick, cost-effective viscosity test kit known as the WearCheck Rheo-stick. Technical manager for WearCheck Steven Lumley, elaborates, ‘It is important to know the viscosity (thickness) of a lubricant because this determines its film strength and its efficiency in preventing friction between moving parts. …

A mines ministry official said on Thursday that Zambia’s Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) has not been temporarily or permanently closed, denying a Bloomberg story about the copper mine previously operated by India’s Vedanta Resources. According to Bloomberg, Zambian mines ministry permanent secretary Barnaby Mulenga said on Wednesday that the Konkola …

Governments and investors around the world are putting growing pressure on industries to minimize pollution, and this, combined with favourable economics and the need for reliable and cost-effective power, is pushing mining companies to consider renewable energy. Centamin, a gold miner listed on the TSX and the London Stock Exchange, …

Zambia’s president, Edgar Lungu, promised mining investors on Thursday that his country would create a more streamlined tax administration system to make it easier for them to do business. Zambia’s mining tax regime has been a thorny problem since the privatization of mines in the early 1990s, said Edgar Lungu …