Zambia can learn from Chile about how good mining, economic and fiscal policies, implemented consistently over time, bring measurable benefits to all citizens.
Chile, in...
A new analysis of mining in Zambia for the past 100 years shows a clear historical link between levels of mining investment and wider...
What are the main factors Zambia needs to address to make the country an attractive mining destination, unleash billions of dollars of foreign investment...
In this article which focuses on economic development in mining towns, we look at Solwezi, home to one of Zambia’s biggest copper mines.
Solwezi is in North-Western...
In 1999, at the time of privatisation of Zambia’s previously nationalised copper-mining industry, tax revenue from the industry was barely K22 million.
By 2010, just...
Copper accounts for most of Zambia’s exports, most of its foreign exchange, most of its foreign direct investment and a significant slice of government...
