Zambia News » Copperbelt News Zambia » Copperbelt: Young Zambians are betting on the copper boom. Will it be different this time?
As global copper prices climb, young Zambians bet on mining for prosperity – but polluted water, ageing infrastructure and opaque deals threaten to repeat the resource ...
News Zambia » Copperbelt: Zambia: Copperbelt Museum to Transform Focus Into Science And Technology
Museums are vital institutions of heritage and cultural preservation of any nation. It is through museums that people begin to learn about the institutional character of a nation. A nation can be ...
News Zambia » Copperbelt: Copperbelt to invest $500m in solar power and transmission line upgrades
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: Zambia’s plan to dig its way out of debt with a copper revival
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: Zambia, the copperbelt under pressure
The Zambian government plans to revise the tax system and raise royalties to triple revenue from the mining sector by 2017 and prevent tax evasion. The cries of Zambians are that they need to see ...
News Zambia » Copperbelt: High hopes for Zambia’s copperbelt ghost town
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: Fighting Multiple Outbreaks in Zambia's Copperbelt
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: Artist explores the toxic mining legacy of Zambia's 'black mountains'
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: Central Africa Copperbelt Project Update
African Pioneer plc ("APP" or the "Company"), the exploration and resource development company with projects in Namibia, Zambia and Botswana is pleased to provide an update on the Option Agreement and ...
News Zambia » Copperbelt: How The Emeralds Of Gemfields Provide Access To Healthcare, Education, And Employment In Zambia’s Copperbelt Province
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: Zambia’s plan to dig its way out of debt with a copper revival
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 ...