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TIZ SAYS UPND’S CORRUPTION FIGHT A MOCKERY
By Chileshe Mwango Transparency International Zambia -TIZ- has described the reported immunity deal struck between Former Konkola Copper Mines -KCM- Provisional Liquidator Milingo Lungu and the state as a mockery of the UPND administration's professed commitment to fighting corruption. TIZ Executive Director Maurice Nyambe tells Phoenix News that…
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POLICE ISSUE WARNING TO OPERATORS AT THE BLACK MOUNTAIN
By Michael Kaluba Police on the Copperbelt have sounded a stern warning against those working at the black…
LUBAMBE COPPER MINE REVEALS PLANS TO ADDRESS LOW PRODUCTIVITY AND HIGH OPERATING…
By Tinkerbel Mwila Lubambe Copper Mine Limited has disclosed plans to address low productivity and high operating…
LOW WORKER RETENTION IN EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY WORRYING
By Michael Kaluba The low retention of workers in the extractive industry that has declared thousands redundant over the past decade has worried mine-worker unions despite government's review of the mining fiscal regime and the prevailing record high copper prices on the international market. In excess of 10,000 employees lost their jobs in the…
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ESMAZ CONCERNED WITH GOVT`S DELAY TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES AFFECTING SMALL SCALE…
By Michael Kaluba The Emerald and Semi-Precious Stones Mining Association of Zambia-ESMAZ- has written to President…
MUZ DISTURBED WITH LEVEL OF BENEFITS THAT FOREIGNERS ARE GETTING FROM ZAMBIA’S…
By Michael Kaluba The Mine-Workers Union of Zambia –MUZ- has lamented the level of benefits that foreigners such as…
ZRA RECORDS 98.8% INCREASE IN MINING COMPANY TAX COLLECTIONS
By Patricia Male The Zambia Revenue Authority –ZRA- has recorded an increase in mining company tax collections for the first quarter of 2022. ZRA Acting Corporate Communications Manager Oliver Nzala says the mining and quarrying sector has continued to be the largest contributor to gross revenue collections recorded in the first quarter of both…
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KCM SUPPLIERS AND CONTRACTORS EXPECTING AT LEAST 20 PERCENT INCREASE IN BUSINESS
By Michael Kaluba Mine Suppliers and Contractors at Konkola Copper Mines-KCM- are expecting at least 20 percent…
GOVERNMENT ADVISED TO BUILD PRODUCTION CAPACITY FOR COPPER TO BENEFIT FROM RISING…
By Lukundo Nankamba Economist Noel Kabwita has advised government to look into long term strengthening of…
LOCAL MINE SUPPLIERS AND CONTRACTORS LOSING UP TO 50 PERCENT OF THEIR BUSINESS
By Michael Kaluba Lack of expansion projects, limited spending and stalled production at both Mopani Copper Mines and Konkola Copper Mines-KCM- has resulted in local mine suppliers and contractors losing up to 50 percent of their business. Association Of Mine Suppliers and Contractors President Costa Mwaba Tells Phoenix News that out of the over…
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