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Canada’s First Quantum Minerals (FQM) said recently that it would lay off 2 500 workers in Zambia over plans by Africa’s No.2 copper producer to hike mining taxes. The southern African country plans to introduce new mining duties, replace value-added tax (VAT) with a sales tax and increase royalties, from …

President Lungu said his administration will not be intimidated by threats from mine owners. The Head of State said this at Southdown airstrip in Kalulushi district upon arrival for a two day visit to the Copperbelt province. President Lungu said the new mine tax regime, which mine owners are using …

Zambia’s annual copper output rose 10.4 percent in September to 631,359 tonnes, the central bank in Africa’s second-biggest producer of the industrial metal announce last week. Some mining companies operating in Zambia include NFC Africa, majority owned by China Non-ferrous Metals Company Limited (CNMC), Canada’s First Quantum Minerals, Glencore, Barrick …

About 1, 000 miners at Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) are likely to lose their jobs after the mining giant starter its voluntary retrenchment exercise. According to latest correspondence from MCM Chief Services Manager KV Chitoshi and to the people close to the Development , the company is asking employees to …

The leading productivity partner for the mining, infrastructure and natural resources industries Epiroc has acquired Innovative Mining Products widely known as New Concept Mining, a South African manufacturer of rock reinforcement products for underground mining. Innovative Mining Products based in Johannesburg, South Africa, also has facilities in Peru, Zambia and …