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News Zambia » Copperbelt: Copperbelt to invest $500m in solar power and transmission line upgrades

News channel or source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/copperbelt-invest-500m-solar-power-093010704.html
Published on: Monday 24 March 2025

Zambia-based Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) plans to invest $500m up to 2026 to boost solar power generation and increase the capacity of its power transmission line link to the Democratic ...

News Zambia » Copperbelt: Copperbelt being groomed as starting point of cassava food-and-fuel thrust in Zambia

News channel or source: https://www.miningweekly.com/article/copperbelt-being-groomed-as-starting-point-of-cassava-food-and-fuel-thrust-in-zambia-2025-09-22
Published on: Monday 22 September 2025

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News Zambia » Copperbelt: CEC’s green energy expansion lights up Zambia’s Copperbelt

News channel or source: https://www.theafricareport.com/376097/cecs-green-energy-expansion-lights-up-zambias-copperbelt/
Published on: Monday 10 February 2025

Despite Zambia losing more than 70% of its 3.5GW installed capacity after the devastating weather cycle El Niño hurt hydropower generation plants across the country, private transmission, generation ...

News Zambia » Copperbelt: Zambia: Fighting Multiple Outbreaks in Zambia's Copperbelt

News channel or source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202503100024.html
Published on: Sunday 09 March 2025

Rain lashes the ground in northern Zambia, but the mission presses on. It's a Wednesday in January, and the showers that drench this region--bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo to the north and ...

News Zambia » Copperbelt: Zambia’s plan to dig its way out of debt with a copper revival

News channel or source: https://www.ft.com/content/a578165b-2096-4117-b649-aeb2cdc715f3?sharetype=blocked
Published on: Saturday 12 August 2023

Perhaps in a sign of the Copperbelt nostalgia that still lingers, Theresa Mulenga, a 52-year-old homemaker, is confident Zambia can meet its deadline. “Twenty years is a lot of time to pay back,” ...

News Zambia » Copperbelt: Artist explores the toxic mining legacy of Zambia's 'black mountains'

News channel or source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgewwvp00yo?at_link_origin=BBCWorld&at_link_type=web_link&at_campaign_type=owned&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_link_id=12209ADC-69C8-11F0-A442-E398FB3A2DB2&at_format=link&at_ptr_name=twitter
Published on: Friday 25 July 2025

Zambia's notorious "black mountains" - huge heaps of mining waste that scar the Copperbelt skyline - are deeply personal to Stary Mwaba, one of the country's leading visual artists. "As kids, we used ...

News Zambia » Copperbelt: How The Emeralds Of Gemfields Provide Access To Healthcare, Education, And Employment In Zambia’s Copperbelt Province

News channel or source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/abinlot/2020/07/16/how-the-emeralds-of-gemfields-provide-access-to-healthcare-education-and-employment-in-zambias-copperbelt-province/
Published on: Thursday 16 July 2020

Last spring, Kagem Mining, which is majority-owned by Gemfields—a brand that has placed emeralds on some of the world’s most privileged and famous women—helped the battle against the deadly Covid-19 ...

News Zambia » Copperbelt: High hopes for Zambia’s copperbelt ghost town

News channel or source: https://mg.co.za/news/africa/2010-07-23-high-hopes-for-zambia-s-copperbelt-ghost-town/
Published on: Thursday 22 July 2010

Navigating its way over the remaining shreds of baize, the snooker ball hit the side of the table with a gentle thud. The table was majestic once, with its heavy, intricately carved legs that are now ...

News Zambia » Copperbelt: Zambia’s plan to dig its way out of debt with a copper revival

News channel or source: https://www.ft.com/content/a578165b-2096-4117-b649-aeb2cdc715f3?sharetype=gift
Published on: Saturday 12 August 2023

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In July, the search to find the world’s next top-tier copper reserve led a Silicon Valley start-up to the ...