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Chinese President Hu Jintao during a visit to Zambia- File photo

A response to Human Rights Watch’s update on Chinese copper mining in ...

March 10, 2013 1 comment

Regular readers of Pambazuka News will remember a debate held a year or so ago in its pages between the US-based NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) and ourselves about a lengthy report that HRW had issued ...

Zambia copper output to rise to 2 million tonnes

March 10, 2013 no comments

Copper output in Zambia is expected to rise to 1.5 million tonnes in 2017 from 800,000 tonnes this year due to increased investment in the mining sector. The projection is due to new projects coming ...

Mila Kunis wears Kagem Zambian emeralds

March 2, 2013 no comments

At the London premiere of Oz The Great & Powerful on Thursday night, newly-announced Gemfields brand ambassador Mila Kunis wore GemfieldsZambian emerald earrings by Dominic Jones and a Gemfields ...

Zambia could get 10% of miner

February 28, 2013 no comments

LUSAKA— FIRST Quantum Minerals may see Zambia’s state-owned mining firm become its second-biggest shareholder if it converts a stake in the continent’s largest copper operation into equity. ZCCM Inve...

Zambia Mines GDP contribution to hit $1bn in 2015

February 27, 2013 no comments

ZAMBIA’s mining contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is projected to grow to US$1.35 billion by the year 2015, due to increased mining activities. According to the Zambia Extractive Indus...

Chief Government Spokesperson Kennedy Saken

Cancellation of the mining license for Collum Coal Mine in national in...

February 27, 2013 no comments

Government says the cancellation of the mining license for Collum Coal Mine Limited should not be mistaken for nationalization. In a statement made available to ZANIS today, Chief Government Spokespe...

FQM to increase taxes due to Govt

February 23, 2013 no comments

FIRST Quantum Minerals (FQM) will progressively increase the amount of taxes due to the Zambian Government as more mining units start production. FQM resource optimisation manager John Gladson said F...

Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Zhou Yuxiao

Chinese companies told to follow Zambian laws

February 21, 2013 no comments

Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Zhou Yuxiao has described as an exceptional case, the revocation of Column Coal Mine’s mining licenses and the subsequent takeover by government. Ambassador Zhou sa...

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