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SpotlightMining 26/02/2021

Copperbelt mineral exports dry up after hike in cross-border tolls

Mining 25/02/2021

State miner ZCCM-IH wants legal big bang to boost revenue

Zambia's state-owned ZCCM-IH has begun lobbying to obtain the regulatory reform it deems necessary to authorise the new revenues it plans to raise by 2026. [...]

Mining 19/02/2021

Sinomine finally starts producing key minerals for Chinese industry

Chinese public sector company Sinomine, which has until now provided geological, engineering and logistics services to other mining firms, has just begun producing copper in Zambia on its own account for the needs of Chinese industry. [...]

Mining 08/02/2021

Lusaka to list mines alongside Euronext's big players

The national mining company ZCCM-IH is seeking consultants to help it switch Euronext markets in the coming months with the hope this will win over institutional investors, making it less vulnerable to price manipulations and ultimately earn more profit. [...]

Mining 25/01/2021

ZCCM-IH set to make a big splash in mining services

One of the ideas the Zambian state mining company ZCCM-Investments Holdings (ZCCM-IH) has in mind to increase its revenue by 2026 is to develop a mining supply chain. [...]

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Mining 22/01/2021

Jinchuan finally makes money from Chibuluma copper, gets green light for Musonoi

Jinchuan has found a way to make its Chibuluma copper mine in Zambia generate income again, after years of losses. It has also obtained a loan of $350m to develop Musonoi mine in the DRC. [...]

Business 11/01/2021

Debt-ridden Lusaka opts for Highgate to burnish its international image

The Zambian government has recruited the London consultancy to manage its international communications on restructuring its external debt, which is estimated to stand at over $12bn. [...]

Business 11/12/2020

Luxury safari industry expands its base camp in Mauritius

As the countries of southern and eastern Africa look to resurrect their ailing tourist industries, a leading player in high-end safaris in Africa, Wilderness Safaris, is increasingly using Mauritius as a launchpad for its business ventures. [...]

Spotlight Mining Politics 04/12/2020

Lungu adds gold tint to spruce up mandate

The election is just months away and Zambia's $12bn debt, its relations with China and its violent clashes with its historic copper partners weigh heavily on Edgar Lungu's tenure. To preen his image, his teams are busy working on the country's gold resources to generate revenue and jobs. [...]

Diplomacy Offshore finance 02/12/2020

Botswana, Mauritius and Zimbabwe put on best show to impress money-laundering watchdog

From 24 November to 4 December, the reputation of Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mauritius will lie in the hands of the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group, a body of the global money laundering watchdog FATF. [...]

Mining 25/11/2020

ZCCM-IH hires eyes and ears to watch Glencore, First Quantum & cie

Zambia's state mining company ZCCM-IH has begun recruiting people to represent it on the boards of directors of joint ventures in which it is a shareholder. Some of the firms are jointly run by foreign companies with which it has fraught relations. [...]

Spotlight Mining 19/11/2020

Zimbabwe under threat of losing Copperbelt-Durban truck traffic

With congestion at the Beitbridge border post between Zimbabwe and South Africa recently worse than ever, the Kazungula Bridge between Zambia and Botswana has just been completed, opening up a new direct route between the Copperbelt and the port of Durban. [...]

Focus Mining 02/11/2020

Truckers in the Copperbelt forced to re-enact Mad Max at the hands of the Chinese

The arrival of Chinese companies at copper-cobalt deposits in the DRC and Zambia has upset traffic on mineral evacuation routes. They are forcing road transporters to contend with extremely low prices, leaving them no choice but to fight the terms of each new contract and redistribute market shares among the African ports. [...]

Mining 26/10/2020

Swiss 'bourgeois' parties clash over anti-Glencore law

Switzerland's centralists and liberal parties are struggling to come up with a clear line on the popular Responsible Business Initiative that the country will be voting via referendum on 29 November. [...]

Legal exploitation of cannabis for medical use.

Focus Business 19/10/2020

Southern Africa's other green revolution

The slow legalisation of the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes, which got under way in Canada and the United States in 2016, has started a veritable agricultural revolution in Africa. From the mountains of Lesotho to the South African coast, taking in Malawi and Zimbabwe, the sector's major operators have set up partnerships with local entrepreneurs able to oversee plantations and talk to governments about the liberalisation of a form of cultivation which is still largely forbidden on the continent. [...]

Mining 19/10/2020

ZCCM-IH diversifies, but returns its focus to mining

Zambian state mining company ZCCM-IH is actively looking to expand beyond copper production. However, after several years of investing in new business sectors, the company is coming back to focus on the mining industry and is looking to extend its business to other minerals. [...]

Mining 06/10/2020

Lusaka bets on gold to pay off its massive external debt

After having long devoted its energies exclusively to copper mining, Zambia is now pressing ahead with the development of gold mining with a view to benefiting from the recent increase in prices and generate fresh revenues for the state. [...]

Politics Finance 30/09/2020

African financial intelligence exposed by US leaks

The leaking of nearly 2,000 suspicious activity reports that were sent from international banks to FinCen, the US Treasury's financial intelligence unit, has put African intelligence services in a delicate position since a large number concern transactions in Africa. [...]

Mining 26/08/2020

Crack team to arbitrate between First Quantum and Lusaka

After proceedings began in June, First Quantum and the Zambian government have appointed senior arbitrators to settle the dispute between Lusaka and Kansanshi Mining, a First Quantum subsidiary that operates the Kansanshi copper mine. [...]

Business 31/07/2020

Government digitalisation specialist Pangea IT has a controversial electoral past

Formerly known as Nikuv International Projects, Israeli company Pangea IT, which specialises in the digitalisation and modernisation of administrative services, has a past marked by electoral controversy and a conviction for corruption of a foreign agent. [...]

Mining 30/07/2020

Fertilizers: Yara goes on donation spree to hang on in race against OCP, Phosagro, Maaden

The Norwegian group Yara is using a mix of grants and infrastructure builds to promote its interests to African governments, who largely call the shots on how much fertilizer their countries order. [...]

Mining 20/07/2020

Zambia cuts mining multinationals from Mauritian base

By repealing its tax treaty with Mauritius at the end of June, Zambia wants to prevent the country's multinational mining companies, such as Glencore, First Quantum or Vedanta, from avoiding local taxes. [...]

Business Power 08/07/2020

ZESCO aims to boost private sector electricity generation

With hydroelectric power supply declining, Zambian public sector electricity company ZESCO is looking to get better returns from its power purchase agreements with private sector solar and wind power producers. [...]

Mining 19/06/2020

EU behind mines minister's anti-fraud measure

The Zambian government's decision to reorganise its mineral sample collection system is a direct result of a development aid programme led by European firms and financed by the EU between 2014 and 2019. [...]

Juliya Arbisman is now a partner in American law firm Diamond McCarthy.

Mining 15/06/2020

Copper: Lawyer Juliya Arbisman returns to the fray against Lusaka to help First Quantum

First Quantum subsidiary Kansanshi Mining, which has begun proceedings before World Bank arbitration body ICSID to obtain repayment of millions dollars of taxes from the Zambian state, has brought in a lawyer with a lot of experience in fighting its adversary. [...]

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Copperbelt mineral exports dry up after hike in cross-border tolls

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Lusaka to list mines alongside Euronext's big players

ZCCM-IH set to make a big splash in mining services

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Southern Africa's other green revolution

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