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Specialist manufacturer DCD Heavy Engineering is nearing completion on a two-year project to produce winder drums for a copper mine in Zambia. The South African-based specialist manufacturer DCD Heavy Engineering notes that the contract was for two double-drum winders for hoisting rock and two single-drum winders for hoisting personnel, with …

A Chinese firm, Ruida Investment Limited, is expected to invest US$20 million to revamp operations at Jifumpa old mine in Kasempa to start copper production. About 300 jobs are expected to be created by the end of this year at the Jifumpa mine, formerly Kalengwa, which is located about 96 …

Chibuluma Mines Plc says the company has allocated US$ 4.4 million under the rehabilitation programme aimed at restoring the landscape to its original state after the projected closure of the mines in 2022. Although, the mines accounts for less than two percent (13, 300 tonnes of copper in 2015 out …

China has ordered to buy about 1,000 tonnes of copper following the agreement which was signed between the two countries, Small Scale Industries Association of Zambia (SSIAZ) has said. Recently, SSIAZ and the China WTO Africa Affairs Trade Promotion Centre (CWTO) signed an agreement to promote trade and investment between …

Zambia Chamber of Mines president Nathan Chishimba says the mining industry has no major concerns going into next month’s elections because there is an understanding among all political parties that mining is not a short-term venture. There have been concerns by some political and economic commentators that after the elections, …