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KONKOLA Copper Mines has started importing copper concentrate from Chile which contains arsenic, a toxic chemical element that causes cancer if exposed to humans in uncontrolled quantities. But the mining company says it has taken the necessary precautions to ensure that “this and all impurities are captured and safely stored …

MINES deputy minister Charles Zulu says investors in mines should not resort to expressing their displeasure with any government policy change by threatening to lay off workers. And Mopani Copper Mines chief executive officer Johan Hansen says what is required most in the mining sector is stability in tax regime. …

COPPERBELT Show Society chairman Bill Osborne says investor confidence in Zambia at the moment is very low. And President Edgar Lungu says the country must move away from perceiving mining as a mere source of revenue, and see it as a catalyst for economic transformation. Speaking when President Lungu opened …

A joint venture between Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’s) State miner and two Chinese companies, signed under a 2009 “minerals for infrastructure” deal, will begin producing copper before the end of 2015, the DRC’s government said on Thursday.Under the deal Chinese companies pledged to build $3-billion worth of roads, railways, …

The powerful governor of Democratic Republic of Congo’s Katanga province warned on Wednesday against significant tax hikes in a proposed new mining code amid a recent decline in copper prices.The southeastern province accounts for nearly all of the vast central African state’s copper production, which surpassed one-million tonnes for the first time …