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 tax revenue.
Entire towns on the Copperbelt and North-Western province owe their existence to the presence...
Zambia wasted no time in making a splash at last week’s Investing in African Mining Indaba, the annual four-day event at Cape Town’s International Convention Centre that brings together investors, political leaders, commodity traders, and companies across the mining...
Zambia's mining industry has long been held up as the sector with the potential to transform the economy and elevate the country to middle-income status and, in 2021, the New Dawn Government began actively marketing that dream. Nine months...
"I went through an internship program and it transformed my life,” said KoBold Metals Africa’s CEO, Mfikeyi Makayi, addressing the eleven Zambians that were selected for the company’s 2024-2025 internship program.
Ms Mfikeyi heads up KoBold Metals’ copper-cobalt unit in Zambia,...
a great new era awaits for critical minerals, the benefits of which hinge on the quality and stability of policy and regulatory responses.
This was one area of consensus that was reached this weekend, when Government, business, and civil society came...
Since its independence over 60 years ago, Zambia has strived to become a fully industrialised nation. Hitachi’s $25 million expansion of its Remanufacturing and addition of an Engine Facility in Lusaka Province – officially opened last week by President...
There is no shortage of commentary in national media which characterises the mining tax reforms that are underway as “tax holidays” or “tax breaks”. This implies that Zambia's mining companies are being excused from paying tax, or that these...
Zambia has aspirations to be a prosperous middle-income country within just a few years, by 2030. Government, the private sector, and multi-lateral institutions like the World Bank Group all agree on one thing: harnessing the country’s endowment of critical...
How does one know exactly how much in taxes and mineral royalties mining companies pay for the minerals they mine? And how are Zambians to know whether Government received whatever amounts are due?
In this interview with the National Coordinator...
Since the ZEITI – Zambia’s local chapter of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) – began its work in Zambia in 2009, anyone with the will and an Internet connection can access comprehensive and independently-audited data about activities across...
