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African countries want to standardize policies in the mining sectors to make real returns for their respective citizens, the Zambia Daily Mail reported. Plans are underway by African countries, blessed with mineral wealth, to harmonized and standardise policies that will attract investors and enable affected countries to maximize profits from …

Zambia, Africa’s top copper producer, in its quest to diversify from traditional production of the red metal, has mapped and identified over 50 percent of the mineral potential areas, local media reported. The exploration undertaken since last year has seen 52 potential mineral rich areas mapped after explorations by the …

The increasing demand for African mineral and natural resources has continued to attract various multinational companies seeking to venture on the continent, Zambia, inclusive in search of ‘reliable crushing infrastructure’. The increasing mineralization by many African countries, led by Zambia, Africa’s top copper producer, has spurred the demand for mining …

First Quantum Minerals Limited, owners of Zambia’s key producer of copper and gold seeks to acquire more than 1,000 hectares of land to build various infrastructure including houses for sale to its employees as part of the empowerment policy, a report says. An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report submitted to …

Other than Kansanshi Copper Mines Plc which has sought to dual list its shares in Zambia and abroad, most of the multinational companies with operations in the country are undecided whether to partially list shares in Africa’s leading copper producer to defray costs of raising capital for projects. Recently, Commerce …