Police in Mwinilunga have arrested five people in connection with illegal trade of Aluvial gold. The Five have been identified as Samuel Joseph 42, a Tanzanian national, Gift Banda 42, of mayard compound in Katete, Tracer Chiwaya 60, of low density area in Ikelenge, Bertha Chinyama 28 and Kalungushi Luya 31, all of low density […]
Twenty Saudi nationals have gone on trial in absentia in Turkey over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. He was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018. Those being tried include two former top aides to Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Khashoggi was a vocal critic of the […]
By JOHN SAKALA A company on the Copperbelt in Chingola Rudra Copper Limited is set to invest USD 41 million in the processing of copper from the slag commonly known as the ‘Black Mountain’ into Copper and cobalt. Rudra Copper Limited intends to establish a fully integrated copper industry with little or no waste as […]
Mulonga Water Supply and Sanitation Company Limited informs its customers in Chingola that detection of slope instability at Konkola Copper Mines Nchanga Open Pit (Cut 2) mining area has led to the subsequent rerouting of Water, Power and Sanitation infrastructure to prevent disruption by abrupt failure during the cave-in of the ground. These works are […]
By Staff Writer Mopani Copper Mines Chief Executive Officer Nathan Bullock has been named as a board member on PolyMet board of directors. Mr Bullock was in April blocked by the Zambian government from leaving the country on suspicion that he was fleeing the country after constrained relation with government and the mine. And PolyMet […]
By JOHN SAKALA The ground at Nchanga Open pit is caving in after Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) geo-technical assessments showed the cracks in a section of the pit will cause a slough. Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) has moved in with precision, knowing the exact location, diameter and amount of ground to be affected. Speaking to […]
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