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As Zambia turns 50, planes by Government to launch the new K50 note has finally come to fruitation ahead of the Country Jubilee Celebration which falls on Friday, October 24, 2014. In an occasion dubbed as the 50Th Independence Anniversary, the launch of the new K50 note is an indication …

The South African furnace and industrial services company, Dickinson Group recently retrofitted the largest modular precast refractory components ever manufactured in South Africa for heavy mineral miner Tronox Namakwa Sands’ open pit mine. The Dickinson Group have retrofitted a 30t brick-lined iron ladle with a modular precast refractory lined ladle …

 KTI was selected by Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (Harmony) to supply and install an ice cooling system at Harmony’s Phakisa mine in South Africa. Harmony is one of the largest gold producers in the world, generating annual revenue of US$1.8billion. Underground mines with depths reaching more than 2400 meters …

Concerns over the revised mineral royalty taxes in Zambia have continued with the country’s leading miner First Quantum Minerals Limited raising fears that the proposals to review the regime will have devastating impact on the country’s mining sector and deter capital investment and new projects. Recently First Quantum Minerals announced …

Yesterday Group R Mining & Exploration Zambia Ltd recorded 300 days LTI-free. LTI stands for Lost Time Injury, which is any injury that prevents any person, staff or contractor, reporting to work on the next shift or next day. Within the underground mining industry this figure is commendable and proves …