Join us at the 8th DRC Alternative Mining Indaba (AMI) 2024, where we bring together diverse voices to explore the vital theme: "Critical Minerals and Just Energy Transition: Activating People's Voice and Power for a Just Energy Transition." As the…
By Francis Maingaila Lusaka, Zambia – (29-08-2024) – Zambia is launching a new strategy to harness its critical mineral resources, which are crucial for the global energy transition. Paul Kabuswe, Minister of Mines and Mineral Development, announced that high-resolution geophysical…
Mopani Copper Mines has successfully produced its first 200 tonnes of copper anodes since its revitalization under new equity partner, International Resources Holdings (IRH). The company was officially handed over to IRH in March this year by President Hakainde Hichilema.…
The government has immediately banned all mining and desiltation activities in riverbeds, citing their lack of tangible benefits to the country and the increasing environmental degradation of rivers, Cabinet announced. Cabinet stated that pollution, siltation, and degradation were worsening rather…
Zambia's proposed minerals regulation law could deter investment and deliver a "fatal blow" to plans to raise yearly copper output to three-million tons, two mining bodies said on Wednesday. Zambia, Africa's second biggest copper producer, is proposing a Minerals Regulation Commission Bill that would allow the government…
Namibia said less than half of the mining projects it has approved are in operation, prompting the government to take a tougher stance on issuing permits. Just 68 of the 162 licenses approved by the southern African nation are active, Mines and Energy Minister Tom Alweendo…
Zambia has temporarily shut its borders with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the government said at the weekend, in a move that could delay exports from Africa’s biggest copper producer. “We have decided to take precautions that we seal…
