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Zambia has approved a proposal to drop a recent and controversial hike in mining royalties and it is returning to a tax system based on profit in a fresh effort to try solving a six-month standoff with miners over the increase. Tthe government has set mining royalties for both open-pit …

Although the mining inputs cluster in Southern Africa, including capital equipment suppliers and the mining equipment sector in Zambia, is well integrated, more needs to be done to ensure mutually beneficial sustainability for all stakeholders, states University of Johannesburg-affiliated research and capacity development group the Centre for Competition Regulation and …

Gold and base metals exploration and development company Alecto Minerals has signed an agreement with Chinese mining equipment manufacturer Yantai Xinhai Machinery and South Africa-based turnkey solutions provider PenMin for the proposed construction and financing of mining operations at Alecto’s Matala gold project, in Zambia. This followed the positive outcome …

Aim-listed Gemfields has achieved a record price per higher-quality carat at its latest emerald auction, held in Lusaka, in Zambia, from March 30 to April 3. Revenue of $33.1-million was generated through the sale of 469 000 ct of predominantly higher-quality rough emeralds extracted by 75%-owned Kagem Mining, in Zambia. …

Zambia on Thursday introduced equipment which will enable its revenue authority and other government agencies to independently verify the quality of mineral exports, a senior government official said. Treasury Secretary Fredson Yamba said in a statement that Africa’s second-biggest copper producer had previously depended on what mineral exporters said through …