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As Zambia accelerates copper production to meet rising global demand for energy-transition metals, operations at Mopani Copper Mines PLC are underscoring the growing friction between heavy industrial extraction and rural agricultural sustainability. Mopani’s mining footprint now influences more than 30% of surrounding agricultural land in the country’s Copperbelt province. The …

Lifting Africa has officially extended the entry deadline for the 2026 Southern African Lifting Awards from 31 July to Friday, 14 August 2026. The extension gives companies, professionals and organisations operating throughout Africa’s lifting industry an additional two weeks to complete and submit their entries. The awards recognise outstanding lifting …

Patriot Resources is rapidly shifting its Zambian foothold from a single discovery into a broader corridor-scale copper play, extending the prospective footprint of its Tonic discovery to 5.5 kilometres and defining two new drill-ready targets along the highly prospective Mumbwa-Kitumba trend. Recent ground magnetics and induced polarisation surveys have expanded …

SKF South Africa’s Application Engineering Services cover a wide suite of solutions including installation, lubrication systems, condition monitoring and bearing remanufacturing. At the core of the company’s Application Engineering strategy is a commitment to move beyond the development and installation of housings, bearings and sealing systems by integrating reliability services …

Across Africa’s mineral belts from Zambia’s bustling copper heartlands to Ghana’s gold fields the legacy bargain between host states and foreign mining conglomerates is unraveling. Governments are no longer content with serving merely as raw material exporters in a “pit-to-port” model. Instead, as the global energy transition elevates copper, gold, …