By ALICE NACHILEMBELubambe Copper Mines has completed the US $750 million extension project. This will see the mine’s production increased to 235 metric tonnes of copper and cobalt ore per year thereby extending mine’s life span to 30 years. Lubambe Copper Mines Chief Executive Officer Nick Bowen said the expanded mine contains an estimated 8.5 […]
By JOHN SAKALA Notional Democratic Congress (NDC) NDC Vice Spokesperson Chipoka Mulenga says the sale of Ndola Line shouldn’t leave employees redundant. In a statement Mr Mulenga said reports say government through ZCCM-IH wants to sale Ndola Lime to private ownership. “As NDC we further demand to know if at all ZCCM-IH has become incompetent […]
I wonder if there’s a single Zambian out there who owns a mall in their country named Zambian mall. But here in Zambia we have given them freedom to build and name malls after their country.
…. The authority collected K63.8bn in gross revenue while the refunds stood at K10.9bn The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has announced that it surpassed its revenue target of K51.8 billion for the fiscal year 1st January 2019 to 31st December 2019 by K1.1 billion. Speaking during the end of year review for 2019 in Lusaka, […]
By Abigail Chaponda in London, United Kingdom Mines and Minerals Development Minister Richard Musukwa has told the Europe’s largest Mining and Investment forum that the Zambian Government takes a strong exception to safeguard the prudent management and development of the country’s finite mineral resources. Speaking on a panel of discussion at the Mines and Money […]
By Staff Writer More than 62 job seekers in Chingola who were promised employment by Mox Minerals limited were yesterday arrested and charged with conduct likely to cause the breach of peace. Copperbelt Police Chief Charity Katanga has confirmed the arrest of the 62 to The Independent Observer. Ms Katanga said the 62 were arrested […]
Panamanian President-elect Laurentino Cortizo said on Tuesday his government would review a mining contract awarded to a subsidiary of Canada’s First Quantum Minerals, casting a cloud of uncertainty around a key project for the firm. While the new government values the security of contracts, “the company has to respect that we have the right as […]
The Independent Observer
Alice Nachilembe
Abigail Chaponda
