By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – COMMERCE, Trade and Industry Minister, Bob Sichinga has said newly-established factories around the country will increase the demand for power. Mr Sichinga, however, assured that Government and key stakeholders in power generation...

By JAMES KUNDA? – A DELEGATION of medium and small-scale contractors from Zambia is in Ethiopia to confer with their counterparts on matters of road construction involving cobblestones. The seven-man delegation that is in Ethiopia...

PICK N PAY is now four years old in Zambia after commencing trading?with the opening of the first store at Woodlands Mall in Lusaka on July 22,?2010. Since then, the Pick n Pay Zambia brand...

By JAMES KUNDA? – MOPANI Copper Mines (MCM) is expected to commission two major projects?that will ramp-up and sustain production in the mining years ahead,shareholders have said. Glencore Xstrata, the major shareholding firm with a...

By JAMES KUNDA? – MAAMBA Collieries Limited (MCL) is sending 34 graduate engineers to India to improve the technical skills in the maintenance and operation of Coal Fired Thermal Power Plants (CFPP)’s. MCL head of...

By JAMES MUYANWA? – THE Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR) and the?Poverty Reduction, Equity and Growth Network (PEGNet) will, starting?from today, host a two-day high-level conference on employment?creation in developing countries. The...

By JAMES KUNDA – FIFTEEN Chinese business executives representing various companies?have expressed interest of investing in Mufulira District which is one?of the mineral-rich areas of the Copperbelt Province. The business executives led by Changfa Mineral...

By ANDREW PHIRI? – THE Livingstone Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has been elated by the imminent construction of the Kazungula Bridge, saying the move will increase revenue for the country. LCCI president Miles...

By JAMES KUNDA? – CNMC Luanshya Copper Mines plc (CLM)recorded a turnover of K1.7?billion with a profit of K6.4 million in the financial year ended?March 31, 2014. According to the Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Investment...

By CLIFF CHUUMPU? – NEARLY 38 farming groups have benefited from the K1.6 million?disbursed under the Smallholder Agribusiness Promotion Programme?(SAPP) since its inception. SAPP programme manager, Kwibisa Liywali said during the Annual Review?Planning and Budgeting...