Copperbelt

African Eagle increases stake in Mokambo Copperbelt Project to 87%

AFRICAN EAGLE INCREASES STAKE IN MOKAMBO COPPERBELT PROJECT TO 87% New drilling results released African Eagle Resources plc is pleased to report that it has increased its ownership of the Mokambo Joint Venture in the Zambian...

Zambia: Ndola School Gets Facelift After 71 Years

Posted to the web 1 December 2008 Gethsemane Mwizabi EVERY working day he rides his bicycle for nine kilometres to get to the school in a rural settlement, Kafubu Farm Bloc. He is 44-years-old and heads Kafubu Farm Bloc Basic...

Zambia: Consumer Show Impresses

ATTENDANCE at the on-going Consumer and Gift Items Trade Fair at the Zambia International Trade Fair (ZITF) grounds in Ndola has tremendously improved with more people flocking to the Exhibition Hall at the weekend.

Zambia: Escapee Stabs to Death Crime Prevention Officer

Posted to the web 1 December 2008 A MEMBER of the Community Crime Prevention Unit in Kitwe was at the weekend stabbed to death by an escapee from Mufulira State Prison that suspected him of flirting with his wife. Kitwe police...

Public Responds to Sliding Press Freedom in Zambia

“We want change, we want change,” echoed through the streets of Kitwe last week, in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. Scores of residents were protesting the arrest of Radio Icengelo station manager Father Bwayla against the...

Mine Watch (Kitwe), 2nd Edition [Zambian Economist]

Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) has launched its new Nchanga copper smelter under plans to raise copper cathode output to 500,000 tonnes within two years. The Nchanga smelter, which has a capacity to produce 300,000 tonnes copper...

Mine Watch (Luanshya), 2nd Edition [Zambian Economist]

Luanshya Copper Mine (LCM) has suspended the building of the $354 million Mulyashi copper mine while it reviews the copper recovery process (previous edition here). [This is a content summary only. Visit the blog for the full...

Zambia bans poll 'fraud' protest

Police in Zambia have withdrawn permission for an opposition protest at alleged election fraud after riots, in which 38 people were arrested. Shops were looted, cars stoned and a police station reportedly attacked. "The current...

Zambia: Avoid Hooliganism in Demonstrations

SOME Zambians, it is now clear, have become too intoxicated with the relative peace and orderliness that the nation has enjoyed in the past 44 years of independence, that every excuse for anarchy and chaos is a great adventure...

Zambia: Police Revoke Opposition Protest Permit

KITWE police yesterday withdrew the permit issued to the Patriotic Front (PF) to peacefully demonstrate against President Rupiah Banda's victory in the October 30 elections citing security of the public. ... Category: Africa

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