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The premier Copperbelt agricultural, mining and industrial trade expo – CAMINEX slated for Kitwe Showgrounds in Kitwe from 5-7 June, and will be showcasing the latest in products, machinery, technologies and services that these and related industries can offer. According to the organisers the event is an important trade platform …

Zambia will complete its first large-scale 50 MW solar power generation plant in September this year as the nation battles a power deficit which threatens industrial output, a state-owned agency said on Tuesday. The electricity shortfall has forced Africa’s second-largest copper producer to ration power supply to the mines, the …

Wealth Minerals, a company focused on the acquisition and development of lithium projects in Chile, South America is finalizing a drill contract and expects to begin drilling before the end of May 2018 at its Trinity discovery. Drilling will consist of three drill holes to test priority drill targets identified …

Glencore subsidiary Katanga Mining has been served a freezing order against 75% operating subsidiary Kamoto Copper Company (KCC), in the amount of US$2.28 billion. The freezing order was served in the DRC by Ventora Development Sasu, a company affiliated with Dan Gertler and comes just after the local owned mining …

Although the growth prospects for Zambia’s mining sector remains positive for this year, amid rising copper prices and improved electricity supply, a worsening regulatory environment may negatively impact on the country’s copper production in the coming years, warns BMI Research. “We expect Zambian copper production growth to accelerate in the …