KENNEDY MUPESENI – COMMERCE Trade and Industry Minister Emmanuel Chenda has said the US$2 million Sentinel Mine project which is being constructed by the First Quantum Minerals (FQM) is a catalyst for industrialisation. The minister,...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE Government has said the revised Mineral Resource Development Act will ensure participation of Zambians in the ownership of mines. Mines, Energy and Water Development Minister Christopher Yaluma said this is...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE NORTH Westerm Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called for clear and consistent policies if the economy is to remain bouyant and enable the region achieve the targetted one million...

By JAMES KUNDA – ZAMBIA’s sugar industry is positioned for growth following plans by an American firm to set up a sugarcane plantation and refining factory in Shangombo District in Western Province with an intial...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – SHOPRITE Holdings Group will construct a second shopping mall that will house Shoprite supermarket, Hungry Lion Take Away and O.K Furniture store in Solwezi as part of its expansion programme. The...

By JAMES KUNDA – JAPANESE companies have shown interest of investing in Zambia’s mineral resources, Japanese parliamentary Vice Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry Yashihiko Isozaki has said. He said Japan was willing to explore...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) has urged Government to restructure operations of State Owned Enterprise (SOEs) to make them economically viable. In a recent policy analysis statement, PMRC called...

By JAMES KUNDA – GLOBAL mining conglomerate, Vedanta Resources, has disclosed that copper production at its Zambian subsidiary, Konkola Copper Mines, dropped by 19 per cent in the last quarter of 2013. Vedanta reported at...

By BUSINESS REPORTER – THE prices of oil on the international market slipped below $108 a barrel on Friday and were set for their first monthly drop in four with worries over faltering Chinese consumption...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – THE Lusaka South Multi-Facility Economic Zone (MFEZ) will this year intensify infrastructure development at the facility to attract further investors. And NRB Pharma Zambia Limited has started the construction of the...