By KETRA KALUNGA in Kalumbila – ABOUT 21, 000 tonnes of nickel is expected to be produced this year at First Quantum Minerals (FQM) Ltd Enterprise Nickel mine in Kalumbila district, North-Western province.The mine with...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) has posted US$227.8 million in revenue for the first half of this year.This is 22 per cent above the comparative period last year primarily driven by...

By BUSINESS REPORTER – ZAMBIA could become a huge exporter of bananas in just the next few years with a project launched last week that aims to utilise at least 5,000 hectares of land for...

By KELVIN MUDENDA – THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) says the contribution of tax revenue to the national budget has progressively increased in the last three years.ZRA Southern Region Director Alice Haamukale said the tax...

By KETRA KALUNGA in Solwezi – FIRST Quantum Minerals (FQM) has purchased US$6 million worth of copper cables from Metal Fabricators of Zambia Plc (ZAMEFA) for the construction of the S3 copper processing plant at...

By JAMES KUNDA – A CROSS SECTION of stakeholders in the business sector have given different perspectives to Zesco Limted’s proposed emergency electricity tariff upward adjustment.Zambia Association of Manufacturers (ZAM) said the proposed hike, if...

By CHATULA KANGALI – TRANSPORT and Logistics Minister Frank Tayali has called on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to develop one agenda and one regional railway master plan that should inform the countries’ development...

By ANDREW MULENGA – THE Bank of Zambia (BoZ) has urged all business houses in the country to embrace on and support sustainable climate change initiatives in the communities they operate.BoZ Governor Denny Kalyalya said...

By KETRA KALUNGA in Solwezi – FIRST Quantum Minerals (FQM) has to date spent about US$600 million out of the pledged US$1.3 billion investment in the expansion project at Kansanshi Mine.Assistant general manager Axel Kottgen...

By SNIKE MZULAH – A MINING expert says mineral mapping has a great potential for Zambia’s economic growth.Royern Mwiinga commended the New Dawn dawn Government for launching a countrywide mineral mapping exercise which he said...