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KONKOLA Copper Mine Plc has written to its workers at Nchanga, informing them that the Chingola-based underground mine will be put on care and maintenance with immediate effect. According to a letter addressed to the employees, KCM stated as follows: “This information must be communicated to all staff by Friday …

 Zambia has proposed to set its mining royalties at 9% for both open-pit and underground mines, a source in the presidency said on Tuesday, in an attempt to prevent looming job cuts and mine closures. Zambia’s decision to increase royalties for open-pit mines to 20% from 6% and those for …

Condra has completed load tests on two 25-ton headgear cranes manufactured at the company’s Germiston works for Mopani Copper Mines’ Sinclinorium shaft. The tests were witnessed by a representative from Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) during June ahead of delivery this month to the Nkana Mine, in Kitwe, where the new …

RESCUE workers at Mopani South Ore Body have retrieved the machine  that was being used by the four miners who died underground last week. The search for the bodies of the affected miners still continues, although some body parts were found last week. Copperbelt minister Mwenya Musenge said yesterday that …

South African power utility Eskom is open to importing coal for plants it still plans to commission, a coal conference heard on Tuesday. Willem Theron, business development manager of Eskom’s southern Africa transmission group, said the state-run utility planned to install an additional 6 250 MW of coal-based power after …