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A major exhibition about the dangerous lives of the boys and young men who scour slag heaps in search of copper.
Zambia's notorious "black mountains" - huge heaps of mining waste that scar the Copperbelt skyline - are deeply personal to Stary Mwaba, one of the country's leading visual artists. "As kids, we ...
Mines here in Zambia's Copperbelt region drive this poor nation's economy, but a plunge in global trade has slashed demand for the copper used to construct electronics and houses in the United ...
Home Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu said in Parliament that the collapse happened in the city of Chingola, in Zambia's copperbelt, about 248 miles north of the capital, Lusaka.
Last August, Hichilema and his UPND won the majority vote on the Copperbelt, their very first-ever, a feat which propelled them to power and condemned to defeat the former ruling Patriotic Front in ...
LUSAKA, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema on Tuesday announced the appointment of lawmaker Paul Chanda Kabuswe as the country's new minister of mines and minerals. Kabuswe ...
Mopani Copper Mines will secure a new investor by the end of this quarter, Zambia's mines minister Paul Kabuswe said on Monday, calling the complex owned by state mining investment firm ZCCM-IH a ...
Zambian electricity supplier Copperbelt Energy Corp has restored power supply to Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), it said on Friday, ending a week-long supply restriction stemming from an unpaid bill ...
Copper mines in Zambia, Africa’s second-biggest producer of the metal, will have continuous electricity even if a supply deal lapses next month with no agreement to replace it, Energy Minister Matthew ...
Mopani Copper Mines will secure a new investor by the end of this quarter, Zambia's mines minister Paul Kabuswe said on Monday, calling the complex owned by state mining investment firm ZCCM-IH a ...
Copper mines in Zambia, Africa’s second-biggest producer of the metal, will have continuous electricity even if a supply deal lapses next month with no agreement to replace it, Energy Minister ...