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Zambia Chamber of Mines (ZCM) says the country’s mining industry still has potential to be amongst the most sustainable global. Nathan Chishimba, ZCM president said despite experiencing vast challenges in the past years, regular dialogue will spur the mining industry is to remain sustainable and profitable over the coming years. …

Konkola Copper Mines -KCM- has started handing over more than four thousand miners to a private Chinese investor JHX and many others. All the miners at Konkola Shaft three in Chililabombwe have been handed over to JHX under the outsourcing business development model the mine is implementing in a move …

First Quantum Minerals Limited (FQML) has acquired a 10 percent ownership interest and shareholder loans in Minira Panama SA (MPSA) which holds the concession for the Cobre Panama project. The concession is located 120 kilometres west of Panama City and 20 kilometres from the Caribbean Sea coast, in the district …

Africa’s second largest copper producer Zambia is on a rebound path to regain its top spot on the continent after being surpassed by the Democratic Republic of Congo – DRC (3) years ago. Zambia’s peak was on the 1972 era when the mines were nationalized. In the period the Southern …

Private equity house, EMR Capital, has bought 80 percent stake in Lubambe Copper Mine in Chililabombwe at a cost of US$97.1 million. EMR is a specialist resources private equity management firm with a proven investment track record spanning over 20 years managing investments of over US$2 billion. Lubambe Mine is …