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KALUMBILA Minerals Limited general manager Damien Marantelli says the mine will create more than 1,500 direct jobs at full production. According to Marantelli, more jobs would be created through support services by contractors as well as investors in the new Kalumbila town, where 500 housing units, out of 600 built …

Marking a key step in the advancement of the flagship project to development stage, Aim-listed Edenville Energy has confirmed that the Tanzanian Ministry of Energy and Minerals (MEM) and power generation, transmission and distribution body Tanesco has started the review process of the Rukwa power plant’s feasibility study. The Rukwa …

Zambia’s mining industry said on Wednesday that an increase in corporate tax to 35% and other new tax rules will scare away investors and discourage processing to add value, and called for them to be scrapped. Last month Zambia, Africa’s No 2 copper producer, approved a plan to increase the corporate income …

GABORONE – Cupric Canyon Capital, a private equity firm backed by a unit of Barclays Plc, will spend $200-million to bring its copper-silver mine in Botswana to production, the company said on Tuesday.Construction of the mine, which will be built by Cupric’s Botswana unit Khoemacau, is set to start in 2016 …

GABORONE – Botswana’s government launched a bidding process on Tuesday to construct solar power plants near its huge Jwaneng diamond mine and for the nation’s northwest, where copper assets are being developed.“This invitation … is a request for expression of interest to construct, operate, maintain and decommission at the end of its …