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Ministry of Mines Permanent Secretary Paul Chanda has flagged off the fifth auction of emeralds to be held in Lusaka by Kagem Mining Ltd and Gemfields plc. Some 25 gemstone buyers from India, the US and Germany are expected to participate in the auction, spending four days appraising 21 lots …

Safety is of key importance to Mopani. Since inception in 2000, Mopani has implemented a number of safety initiatives that have contributed to the reduction in lost Time Injury Frequency from 9.3 in 2000 to 1.3 in 2014. In a bid to continue improving its safety performance, Mopani has devised …

Mopani Copper Mines Plc has implemented a number of programmes aimed at empowering and building capacity of local contractors and other small and medium enterprises in Zambia. The Company is encouraging formation of joint venture partnerships between local contractors and internationally-recognized and well-established foreign firms wishing to do business with …

Playing a key role in the growth of the Zest WEG Group’s footprint across Africa, group company Zest Energy is moving towards the commissioning of its first reference site for diesel power generation in Zambia. Zest Energy also has installations in Congo, DRC, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Ghana. The order was …

Exports of cobalt from Zambia slowed down 26.4 percent last year compared to a year earlier as earnings rose, a report by the ministry of finance says. The slowdown in exports is chiefly attributed to the slowdown in the economic growth of top mineral consumer, China last year compared to …