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