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Free, practical workshops for mining community at Copperbelt Mining Trade Expo & Conference in Kitwe in May “We are addressing a great need in the industry” The free, practical workshops at the Copperbelt Mining Trade Expo and Conference or CBM-TEC in Zambia’s mining hub Kitwe were so well attended last year that …

The African Development Fund (ADF) will provide funding of US$4.9 million for a study to upgrade Angola’s transport plan, including the connection of the national rail network to Zambia, according to an Angolan presidential order. The order approves the financing agreement for a study of the update of the Master …

ECONOMIST Kampamba Shula says Zambia is facing a real risk of discouraging further investments in the mining sector with the raised mineral royalties, which may force companies to avoid paying. Commenting on the controversial 2015 mining fiscal regime that saw mineral royalty tax jump to 20 per cent for open-pit …

The Ministry of Mines says Zambia is still capable of beating the Democratic Republic of Congo’s copper production output because of the country’s favourable conditions. And the ministry says the ongoing mining fiscal regime impasse that is disturbing the sector will soon be resolved and is sure “everyone will be …

Further cutbacks and overall production stagnation are anticipated in Zambia’s mining industry in 2015 if global copper prices do not recover, says a latest Standard Chartered research report. According to Standard Chartered’s On the Ground report following the 2015 mining indaba held in Cape Town last month, Zambia’s new royalty …