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Rehabilitations to the 59-year-old Kariba Dam, Zambia and Zimbabwe’s  the mainstay for mining and industrial consumption of power will start next year with financing provided by cooperating partners. According to Zambezi River Authority and the Engineering Institute of Zambia, routine maintenance on the dam will begin next year and will …

As mining companies increase their power consumption to an average 57% as evidenced in recent years, Zambia is looking up to increasing its power generation output to meet the increased demand for energy to match with supply. Recently, mines energy and water development minister Christopher Yaluma stated that Zambia, Africa’s …

“Anything that will ease our transportation of concentrates and other mineral related products to refineries is welcome including the North Western Railway line planned for North Western Province,” says Lumwana Copper Mine, one of the beneficiaries of the US$1 billion-worth infrastructure. The construction of the liner, to be jointly developed …

Production of copper at Barrick Gold Limited’s Zambian unit, Lumwana Copper Mine in Solwezi has been stepped as engineers seek to repair the facility that affected operations at the Greenfield mine last May. “We have continued with production at the mine despite the conveyor belt having broken down although the …

The US$800 million thermal powered power plant under construction at Maamba Collieries is an advanced stage with Government hopeful that its commissioning and subsequent operation will ease power outages being experienced in Zambia, one of Africa’s top copper producers. Zambia’s power generation, at an average 1400 megawatt which increases to …