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The current Covid19-related economic challenges both locally and throughout the Africa starkly highlight the need for pan-African companies and governments to support African supply chains, and in so doing, to boost economic activity on the continent. This can be achieved by procuring the production of goods and services for infrastructure …

Zambia believes the placing of Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) under care and maintenance is unprocedural hence modalities are underway to revoke the licence. According to the government, Mopani Copper Mines, a subsidiary of Glencore, did not give sufficient notice before suspending its mining operations due to the coronavirus Covid-19 crisis. …

The COVID-19 outbreak presents significant challenges and is likely to have a materially negative impact on the global economy, in our view. We believe commodity prices could fall closer to trough levels in the near term and make significant cuts to mining companies’ earnings forecasts. We believe negative earnings momentum …

Mining software solutions provider MICROMINE has launched a new pay-as-you-go subscription model for African clients to keep pace with industry need. The Australian-headquartered company, with a regional office based in Johannesburg, offers software solutions that span the mining lifecycle – from geological exploration and data management to resource estimation, 3D …

Zambia’s power utility company – ZESCO Limited has warned its stakeholders that there will be increased load shedding for ten (10) days starting 8th April 2020. The company said this is due to loss of supply of 132MW from its Independent Power Producer – IPP Maamba Collieries resulting from a …