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All commercial banks have been given an ultimatum to make adjustments on there Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) to enable smooth transactions involving new kwacha notes by this month end. The Bank of Zambia (BoZ) Director Lazara Kamanga has urged all profitable banks to finalise this so as to ensure that …

MOXICO Resource plc, a British firm, intends to invest over US$100 million in two mining projects on the Copperbelt and North Western provinces. The company has so far this year invested US$40 million on the projects. The two projects namely Mimbula and Kanengwa are in Chingola and Mufumbwe respectively. Moxico …

As the construction phase of the large-scale Cobre Panama project of First Quantum comes to an end, the Toronto-listed company is well positioned to meet its “own, very high expectations for the year and years to come”, Cobre Panama GM Tristan Pascall said recently. Following a faster ramp-up, the commercial …

Mopani Copper Mine Plc has preceded with works of backfilling the sinkhole near the South Ore Body (SOB) Shaft in Kitwe after being graded as a safety hazard to informal miners invading it.   The sinkhole is a two hectare caving area within Mopani Copper Mines Plc’s mining rights area. …

A survey report by the Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) competitiveness indicated increased national demand, led by an emerging middle class and greater regional demand through Zambian’s membership in SADC, kept afloat the domestic manufacturing sector.   According to the report, diversifying and upgrading the sector was necessary to achieve the …