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First Quantum Minerals (FQM) paid over K7 billion in taxes and royalties to the Zambian government in 2018, representing almost 40 per cent of total payments made by the extractive industry, cementing its position as the nation’s largest taxpayer. The 2018 Zambia Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (ZEITI) report published this …

Integrating sound environmental, safety and social management practices into mining operations is a huge challenge for the industry, but Kachiwala Sapalo, the new environmental manager at First Quantum Minerals Kalumbila Minerals subsidiary, is determined to help leave a legacy of meaningful environmental and social performance at the mine, which is …

The Policy Monitoring and Research Center (PMRC) notes that Zambia’s mining industry has not been spared by the pandemic and says it is vital that the government put in place a fiscal regime that will attract investment vital in the post-COVID-19 era. The local think tank believes the fiscal regime …

Senior Manager-Corporate Affairs of Zambia’s utility power company, ZESCO,Dr John Kunda has confirmed that the firm has started the supply of power to Konkola Copper Mine on negotiated commercial terms effective 1st June, 2020. By implication, this confirmation from Zesco means that the Copperbelt Energy Corporation – CEC statement released …

PicoTechnology has released a new BroadR-Reach decoder/analyzer package that simplifies Automotive Ethernet integration testing and debugging. Locally represented by COMTEST the package includes a novel non-intrusive software directional coupler to separate up- and downstream traffic on full-duplex communication lines. BroadR-Reach allows multiple in-vehicle systems to simultaneously access information over single …