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Established in 1984, South Africa-based Eqstra Industrial Equipment (EIE), a division of JSE-listed integrated leasing and capital equipment group Eqstra Holdings, is the largest forklift supplier to the South African market and has the largest product support infrastructure in the region. EIE provides distribution, leasing, rental and value-added services for …

ZAMBIA will be the second largest contributor to global copper by 2018, the latest International Copper Study Group (ICSG) report indicates. According to the report, Global copper production capacity at mine level is expected to grow at an average annual rate of six per cent to reach 27.4 million tonnes …

  LUSAKA – Zambia’s state Road Development Agency (RDA) on Monday awarded a $492 million contract to a Chinese company to construct and repair roads in Africa’s second-largest copper producer. RDA’s Chief Executive Officer Kanyuka Mumba said after the signing of the contract that China Henan International Cooperation would construct …

LUSAKA – Zambia’s economy is likely to grow by less than 5 percent in 2015 due to a power crunch that has hit output from mining companies already grappling with a slide in global copper prices, Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda said Chikwanda also said the government was reluctant to acquire …

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 …