A Closer Look at Copper
Mining in Zambia
Zambia is home to some of the world’s richest mines and deposits and represents enormous potential for mining firms and investors alike. Currently one of...
Author : Oliver Masunda
A Closer Look at Copper
The current challenges of the Zambian Mining Sector:
What is the way forward?
IntroductionZambia’s mining history dates back over a 100 years ago. This rich history is attributed to the fact that the country is endowed with a...
Nationalizing Zambia’s
copper mines
The Zambian government has taken over operations at a major copper mining company in what is seen as a move towards increasing its direct control...
Miner restarts operation in DRC
Mining company Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) and its joint venture partner commodity company La Générale des Carrières et des Mines (Gécamines), celebrated the kick-off of...
Ivanhoe’s DRC exploration improves understanding of copper stratigraphy
Regional drill campaigns and geophysical programs in 2022 continue to improve geological and basin models at Ivanhoe Mines’ Western Foreland licence package in the Democratic...
‘Here it is better not to be born’: Cobalt mining for Big Tech is driving child labor, deaths in the Congo
During one of his many visits to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Siddharth Kara, an author and Harvard academic who has spent 20 years...
DRC mining on the up,
but with hills to climb
The positive climate for mined commodities – and battery minerals in particular – is giving the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) great opportunities to leverage...
Mining Elites in Africa 2022
Showcase: Guardrisk
While government has yet to finalise, its regulatory requirements relating to the rehabilitation of land disturbed by mining, the mining industry is concerned regarding some...
Police flushed out 16 illegal miners in the North West
Members of the Hawks, the North West Airwing, Explosives Unit, Cluster IMTT, Public Order Policing, Tactical Response Team, Crime Prevention Unit, the Local Criminal Record...
NGOs Raise Concerns Over Mining Bill Increasing Zanu-PF Footprint in Sector
Local organisations have raised fears that the proposed Mines and Mineral Amendment Bill will increase the tentacles of ruling party Zanu PF in the sector...