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Zambia, Africa’s leading copper producer has challenged  the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) member countries to find ways of extracting maximum revenue collection from foreign mining companies, its Vice President, Dr.  Guy Scott says. It is of no benefit, Scott says, for African countries to allow huge …

There is  need to interlink and integrate the development of mining in Africa with the available infrastructure for the continental to develop as espoused by the African Union, South Africa’s Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu has noted. Speaking at the opening of the 20th Mining Indaba in Cape Town South Africa …

The 20th International Mining Indaba should endeavor to resolve various challenges besieging countries with mineral wealth, Zambia inclusive, to benefit the people, says British Charity, Oxfam. Keith Slack, Oxfam Global Program Manager for Oxfam America’s Extractive Industries team wrote his visions ahead of the conference which goes underway Cape Town, South Africa …

The Government has threatened to repossess the Nkana copper slug heap in Kitwe from Chambishi Metals, a subsidiary of China Non-Ferrous Metal Industry Foreign Engineering and Construction Company Limited, following delays by the miner to develop the structure, Zambia’s Mines, energy and water development deputy Richard Musukwa says.  The Government …

Zambia should act cautiously when implementing policies intended to maximize returns on its mineral wealth and avoid stifling high productivity of the red metal, the Extractive Industries Transparency International says.  The EITI notes that while Zambia seeks to ‘recoup’ resources that have not been realized over the years, given various …