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Electricity generation in Zambia rose more than three percent during the first quarter this year as mining companies increased consumption to raise mineral output as dictated by the metal markets, a national report says. The Lusaka based Bank of Zambia says in its report that energy generation increased by 3.1 …

Zimbabwe Mines Minister Walter Chidhakwa has revealed that the country has with immediate effect banned exports of rough diamond to ensure maximum value for its minerals. The idea emerges from a recent cabinet meeting which discussed about the exportation of rough diamonds and resolved to ban the exports of the …

RIO Tinto Group, the global mining leader has drawn a line under one of its most disastrous deals by offloading its Mozambique coal assets for $50 million, a decision that has forced the company’s Chief Executive Officer to leave. The London-based company bought the assets as part of the $3.7 …

First Quantum Minerals Limited, owners of Kansanshi mine and leading copper and gold producer in Zambia seeks speedy approval of some regulatory requirements it seeks Government to endorse to accelerate the construction of more projects in the country. During the just ended 88th Agricultural Commercial show of Zambia in Lusaka, …

Zambia’s copper outturn has continued to fluctuate-barely days after the country; Africa’s leading copper producer, raised its bar of the red metal on the international metal market, according to the Lusaka-based Bank of Zambia. According to the data by the Central Bank-copper production from Zambia took a downturn-declining 2.5 percent …