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New owners of KCM granted right to sue Moxico Resource

The Court of Appeal has reversed a High Court judgement that had prohibited Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) from suing Moxico Resources, Rephdim Mining, and Mimbula Minerals Limited for allegedly trespassing...

14 August, 2019

$430 million set aside for Kundabwika power scheme

RYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka LUAPULA Hydropower Corporation has set aside about US$430 million to develop the Kundabwika electricity generation scheme to complement Government’s efforts of increasing power capacity. Zambia has started four...

13 August, 2019

THE “MYSTERIOUS” 48 APARTMENTS

By Mwamba Peni II Corruption is a cancer that should be fought by all well meaning citizens regardless of who is involved. Its resultant effects curtail public service delivery, provision of...

12 August, 2019

Steel plant to spur economic growth

GOVERNMENT has focused on a rapid scaling-up of public investment to address the country’s infrastructure needs. This development strategy is expected to spur economic growth. Under this strategy, Government has embarked on...

07 August, 2019

Power-Starved Zimbabwe, Zambia Face Further Drought-Induced Blackouts

The Kariba dam that straddles Zambia and Zimbabwe, the world’s biggest man-made reservoir, is emptying fast, sparking fears the countries may have to cut hydropower production there completely. For the two...

06 August, 2019

US Ambassador to Zambia calls for geological information on Zambia’s mineral resources

United States Ambassador To Zambia Daniel Foote US Ambassador to Zambia Daniel Foote has bemoaned the lack of adequate geological information on the country’s mineral resources. Mr Foote says there...

02 August, 2019

Theory popularised by the West that China is laying a debt trap for Zambia lack substance-Kikwete

Former President of Tanzania Jakaya Kikwete has said that the theory popularised by the western media regarding China allegedly laying a debt trap for African countries such as Zambia may...

31 July, 2019

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Networking Event

By Wamsula Sean Penza in London, United Kingdom The Zambia Business Alliance (ZBA) has called on the Zambian Business Community in the Diaspora to Unite and establish working together with a...

25 July, 2019

South African court orders Zambia to halt liquidation of KCM

The High Court in Johannesburg this morning granted Vedanta Resources an urgent interim order blocking ZCCM from liquidating Konkola Copper Mines (KCM). The Indian-owned mining company is fighting the Zambian government’s...

24 July, 2019

Watch Zambia’s damage to mining industry, newspaper warns SA govt

A SOUTH African newspaper, Business Live, has told that country’s government to ‘watch’ Zambia’s damage to mining industry. Business Live stated that the forced liquidation of KCM, which is backed by...

23 July, 2019

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