By Glory Mushinge The Zambian government has taken over operations at a major copper mining company in what is seen as a move towards increasing its direct control of the ...
By Noel Sichalwe Zambia’s founding president Kenneth Kaunda has issued a rare public plea to protest the construction of a major copper mine in a national park on the Zambezi ...
After achieving resounding successes at South African Mining & Technical Exhibitions (MTE) throughout the year, Chicago Pneumatic again took full advantage of the opportunity to display its world-class generator capabilities ...
By Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC) "Henry" is thin and small for his age. The 10-year-old, his mum and I are sitting outside in the dusty, poor township of Waya in ...
Lead exposure around a former lead and zinc mine in Zambia is having disastrous effects on children’s health, Human Rights Watch said today. The Zambian government should promptly clean up the contamination ...
Zambia has scooped the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) award following its commitment to enhancing sustainable Management of Mineral Resources. Mines minister Richard Musukwa, who received Zambia’s award, commended the ...
By Scott Tibballs Canada’s First Quantum Minerals has nothing to worry about when it comes to resource nationalism if sources close to the government of Zambia are to be believed. “The government ...
Zambia’s 2019 copper output could be as much as 100,000 tonnes lower than last year as changes to mining tax drive miners to cut production, the Chamber of Mines said ...
Zambia tries to reclaim strategic copper mines as debt burden worsens. By William Niba Zambia placed one of the country's major copper mining companies Vedanta in liqudation on Tuesday in ...
By David Lewis, Ryan Mcneill and Zandi Shabalala Nairobi - Billions of dollars' worth of gold is being smuggled out of Africa every year through the United Arab Emirates in ...