When it comes to developing a more investor-friendly mining policy, Zambia doesn’t always have to look to countries like Chile for inspiration; there’s an equally good example right on its doorstep – Botswana. Mining policy in Botswana is predictable, competitive...
It’s been eight months since Zambia used its moment in the limelight at the 2022 Investing in African Mining Indaba to deliver the message that President Hichilema’s Administration would be prioritising policy stability and predictability in the mining sector,...
Farmers following Kansanshi’s Conservation Farming Program have turned their subsistence farms into profitable businesses
When in 2010 Kansanshi Mining PLC offered its very first training program on conservation farming methods to seven farmers in the greater Solwezi area, the company...
Veronica Ryder, owner and founder of the Kansanshi Hotel in Solwezi, relates the fascinating story of how a bare patch of ground that nobody wanted was turned into the town’s premier place of accommodation for business travellers. As explained...
Solwezi has a unique attraction for anyone looking to build shops there – the presence in the region of three major copper mines, whose 18 000-plus employees and contractors collectively release millions of dollars of disposable income into the...
If you raise the tax rate you get more tax revenue, right? Not necessarily. Raising tax rates beyond a certain point can have the opposite effect, and actually produce lower taxes.
Did you know? Governments receive more taxes from increasing production than...
The findings of a May 2022 report – which takes a deep dive into First Quantum Minerals' US$1.36 billion dual expansion of Kansanshi’s operations and the bringing online of Enterprise Nickel Mine – have laid bare the potential for...
Does raising the tax rate actually deliver more taxes? What is the ‘right’ rate? Mining taxes are in the news again. Read this report, and be the expert around the family table this Christmas.
Mopani Copper Mines has been in the news a fair bit recently. If you look beyond the headlines, you’ll discover that the Copperbelt-based miner joined the fight against COVID-19 early on, and is among the most proactive companies in...
It is Monday, 14th November. Midday. The budget speech was three days ago. Zambia’s new Minister of Finance, Hon. Felix Mutati, is clearly a man in demand. He has just spent the last three hours at a KPMG post-budget...
