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Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett has urged African leaders not to be intimidated by global mining companies, but to ensure that their citizens received a fair return for their resource exploitation. Speaking at the first day of Paydirt’s Africa Downunder conference, in Perth, Barnett told delegates that while capital required a safe …

Tanzania’s reputation as one of Africa’s best gold producers has been sustained with reports indicating that Stamigold, a subsidiary of the State Mining Corporation (STAMICO), will celebrate its first gold production in 2014 by importing new heavy duty machinery, African Mining Brief reports. The online mining, energy and power publication …

The matter in which Konkola Copper Mines has sued power supplier and Copperbelt based company, Copperbelt Energy Corporation in the Lusaka High Court came up with lawyers representing the power company indicating that failure by KCM to settle the over US$30 million debt would make the power company run into …

Mining and Construction Economic globalisation has resulted in an increasingly high demand for mined resources such as copper, coal and other precious metals. With the increase in mining, pressure from the public over ecological issues and meeting environmental codes has become a priority. Radical changes have been made in the …

A plan by finance minister Alexander Chikwanda to administratively seek President Michael Sata’s opinion over Government’s intentions to refund over US$500 million owed to mining companies operating in Zambia in Value Added Tax (VAT), has taken a new dimension with calls to establish how it leaked. Finance minister Chikwanda has …