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LUSAKA- Zambia expects to triple power output to 6,000 megawatts (MW) in 2 years through expansion of solar energy by foreign investors, the head of its investment agency said. Erratic electricity supplies have hit mining in the continent’s second biggest copper producer, where the bulk of its generation capacity of …

An express freight train that will link Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Zambia in less than ten days may commence operations in September 2015. The train will cover an approximate distance of 1,000 kilometres through this corridor,” the chairman of Mozambican state port and railway company, CFM, said in Beira earlier this …

MOPANI Copper Mines has informed the Mineworkers Union of Zambia that it will lay off over 4,000 workers. Speaking at a joint press briefing by four unions that had a meeting with Mopani management yesterday, MUZ president Nkole Chishimba said the unions had been informed that the decision was due …

The mining sector’s growing need to reduce costs without hindering operational efficiencies or reliability has led to a marked trend towards the use of submersible pumps as opposed to vertical spindle pumps, says pumps supplier Integrated Pump Technology (IPT). The company notes that submersible dewatering pumps offer major advantages over …

Glencore’s move to cut 400,000 tonnes of cathode production in Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo has transformed the outlook for the copper market over the coming year, just as market participants start limbering up for annual contractual negotiations. Following on from significant cuts announced by BHP Billiton, Freeport …