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Researchers believe the spread of coronavirus in Asia might condemn the African continent to be the biggest loser outside Asia; this is despite the absence of a single case being confirmed thus far. According to Dirk Willem te Velde, principal research fellow at the Overseas Development Institute, a slowdown in …

Kalumbila Minerals workers are set to get a 6.5 per cent pay rise and improved benefits package. This is after Kalumbila Minerals, a subsidiary of First Quantum Minerals (FQM), signed a new collective agreement with three unions giving workers an enhanced package of benefits for 2020. Kalumbila Minerals General Manager, …

South African condition monitoring specialists, WearCheck, today upgraded their laboratory in Tarkwa, Ghana into a state-of-the-art testing centre which can now conduct transformer oil, coolant and fuel analysis – amongst a host of additional services – as well as traditional used oil analysis. Tarkwa’s new laboratory – now housed in …

Minister of Mines and Mineral Development Hon. Richard Musukwa says the government is working on introducing a steady and predictable fiscal system in the mining sector to facilitate trade and sustainable growth in the industry. “As a country, we would like to operate a fiscal regime that is simple, predictable …

The move by Gemfields Group Limited to list its shares on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange demonstrates the company’s ethos of transparency, legitimacy and integrity. Gemfields owns the Kagem emerald mine in Lufwanyama in partnership with the Zambian government. The listing enables a wider reach of international …