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After the Zambia Revenue Authority Commissioner-General Kingsley Chanda said the Chamber of Mines should not alarm the nation by issuing false statements on Mineral Royalty Tax. The Chamber of Mines says it will stand by what it earlier stated that the Mineral Royalty Tax dropped by 12 per cent and …

Jubilee Metals Group has announced that it has signed a Joint Venture Agreement with a private Zambian company securing the rights to process 2 Mt copper Run-Of-Mine material containing in excess of 2% copper. This in line with the company’s stated strategy to expand operations in Zambia. Under the JV …

Zambia’s largest taxpayer, First Quantum Minerals, has called upon non-corporate actors to better acquaint themselves with the mining sector’s contribution to community development. The mining company said that inaccurate reports from some non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have been misleading and constitute the spreading of ‘fake news’. Such reports have the potential …

GV Gold, also known as Vysochaishy, one of the fastest-growing Russian gold mining companies, has rolled out the Zyfra OpenMine fleet management system (FMS) at its Ugakhan Mine in Russia’s Irkutsk Region in Siberia. The implementation of the project has resulted in a year-on-year ore production volume increase of 11%. …

Covid-19 lockdown restrictions around Southern Africa have put the spotlight on mines’ supply chain security, especially with regard to key inputs like explosives and specialised blasting services. According to blasting specialist BME GM Albie Visser, mines have relied heavily on the flexibility and ingenuity of service providers to keep the supply …