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By James Regan and Denny Thomas SYDNEY, Nov 20 (Reuters) - BHP Billiton is on the verge of selling its Ravensthorpe nickel mine in Australia, ending a disastrous $2 billion foray into specialty nickel mining. At least a...
GOVERNMENT has announced that the multi-facility economic zone (MFEZ) at Lumwana in Solwezi will attract an investment of about US$1.2 billion and create more than 13,000 jobs. Vice-President George Kunda said in Solwezi...
UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema has defended his party's alliance with the Patriotic Front (PF) as a smartest way of removing the MMD from power in 2011. Mr Hichilema said during a...
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - (All figures expressed in US dollars) First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("First Quantum" or the "Company"), (TSX:FM)(LSE:FQM) today announced its results for the three and nine months ended September 30,...
Counter: Zambia's Chinese-owned Chambishi smelter plans to double its processing capacity for blister copper to 300,000 tons in 2010 due to higher demand from mining firms wanting to use the facility, Yunnan Copper said on...
CONTRACTORS have moved on site in Solwezi to give the civic centre a facelift and install street lights in a project expected to cost the local authority about K1.7billion. Town Clerk Jim Zya and project coordinator Kelly Mwebe...
LUSAKA, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Zambia's Lumwana Mining Company, a unit of Equinox Minerals, said on Thursday it had upgraded facilities to mine for copper during the rainy season after heavy rains cut the company's 2009 output...
THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has embarked on special audits of mining companies to understand operational issues and other costs in the sector to ensure that the Government collects all the revenue due to it in taxes.
FIRST Quantum Minerals, owners of Kansanshi Mine and Bwana Mkubwa, have announced copper production of 93,500 tonnes for the third quarter and 275,300 for the first nine months of 2009. First Quantum president, Clive Newall...
editorial THE commissioning of the multi-million dollar Chambishi Copper Smelter by President Rupiah Banda yesterday is proof of the resilience of Chinese investment in this country. The ceremony yesterday was simply a fruition...
