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Australian company Triton Minerals has signed an agreement to establish a strategic alliance for Mozambique with the AMG Mining AG group through its subsidiary GK Ancuabe Graphite Mine, the company said in a statement issued Tuesday. The strategic alliance has an initial validity of two years, during which the parties will …

Barrick Gold Corporation of Canada will after all not pull out from Lumwana in Solwezi Northwestern province following government decision to review the 2015 mineral tax. According to mining.com, “Barrack will continue operations at its Lumwana copper mine in Zambia while the government tweaks a new royalty regime.” Last week …

Zambia’s   neighbour, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire is a vast mineral rich country and one of   the world’s wealthiest, yet   its population   wallows   in unimaginable squalor of poverty. The Central African   nation   is host to a variety of minerals such as, Diamonds, Gold, Coltan (vital   material   for …

It is rare that Zambia’s rival unions representing miners in the country agree to eat from the same table though they belong and represent on industry. But over government move to review the 2015 mineral royalties’ tax, the Mine Workers Union of Zambia (MUZ) and its opponent the National Union …

Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO) has awarded Aurecon a $200m contract to provide engineering, design and construction supervision services. The World Bank funded project will improve Transmission and Distribution Rehabilitation in Lusaka.The Zambia capital is regarded as the second fastest growing city in Africa. Its electricity demand has grown at …