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News Zambia » Copperbelt » Social: Zambia, the copperbelt under pressure

News channel or source: https://www.theafricareport.com/3417/zambia-the-copperbelt-under-pressure/

Published on: Friday 30 January 2015

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 » Social: Defending the hidden forest gems of Zambia’s Copperbelt Province

News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/defending-the-hidden-forest-gems-of-zambias-copperbelt-province/

Published on: Thursday 31 October 2024

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A local community has taken over protecting and managing patches of small evergreen forests, known as mushitu forests, that have recently been ...

News Zambia » Copperbelt » Social: 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 » Social: Labor Dynamics and Gender Roles in the Zambian Copperbelt

News channel or source: https://www.nature.com/nature-index/topics/l4/labor-dynamics-and-gender-roles-in-the-zambian-copperbelt

Published on: Monday 31 March 2025

The Zambian Copperbelt has been central to the country’s economy since colonial times, with mining towns such as Ndola and Kitwe embodying the nexus of extractive capital, labour migration and social ...

News Zambia » Copperbelt » Social: 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 » Social: From copper to conservation: Rehabilitating Zambia’s copper belt

News channel or source: https://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?72580/From-copper-to-conservation-Rehabilitating-Zambias-copper-belt

Published on: Thursday 22 June 2006

Zambia’s Copperbelt Province was once the copper belt that girded the fortunes of this southern African nation’s prosperity. But over-dependence on this raw material has turned those fortunes into ...