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By Hicks Sikazwe Just four days after Zambia, Africa’s largest copper producer celebrated 50 years of independence from Britain, its president, Michael Chilufya Sata died at King Edward VII hospital in London, becoming the second country’s head of state to die in office within six years. Locally known as king …

With the construction industry and demand for cement said to be one of the key drivers, Tanzania’s economy is booming at a rapid rate. The increased demand in cement is further fuelled by ongoing natural gas discoveries offshore of the Lindi and Mtwara regions. The commissioning of the Dangote Group’s …

In order to avoid the risk that Vedanta Resources- owned mining firm Konkola Copper Mines might use its liquid assets to frustrate U& M Zambia’s efforts to enforce an arbitration award a London Court has maintained that the freeze on the firms global assets be sustained. This matter came up …

Murray & Roberts Cementation Zambia has reported the completion of the sinking of the Synclinorium Shaft project in Kitwe, Zambia for its client Mopani Copper Mines (MCM). “The last blast of the Main shaft took place on 30 September 2014 with the shaft at a final depth of 1 280.85 m …

Fluid conveyance company The Rare Group has been awarded a contract to supply the first of two phases of a new slurry pipeline at a copper mining company operating in Zambia. Rare will supply and install 3 175m of 610 mm Nominal Bore (NB) steel pipelined with a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) …