Zambia courts investors for copper output tripling
ZAMBIA is seeking global investment, including from the United States, to more than triple copper output to three million tons by 2031, the country’s mines minister was quoted as…
Zambian rescue workers continue to search for miners after mudslide
RESCUE workers in Zambia were still searching on Monday for at least 25 informal miners buried alive three days ago by a mudslide at an open-pit copper mine, said Reuters citing…
Sibanye-Stillwater not yet abandoned Mopani Copper deal
SIBANYE-Stillwater had not given up buying Zambia’s Mopani Copper despite an announcement last week a sale agreement had been signed with a company in the United Arab Emirates.…
UAE company to win bidding for Zambia’s Mopani Copper
SIBANYE-Stillwater appears to have been pipped to Mopani Copper by United Arab Emirates company International Resources Holdings (IRH), said Reuters last week. IRH will invest…
Chris Griffith back in mining as head of Vedanta Base Metals
Vedanta Resources, the global diversified natural resources group, has appointed a well-known South African executive, Chris Griffith, as CEO of its Base Metals division and…
Vedanta reinstated as owner of Konkola Copper ending four years of colourful sparring
VEDANTA has been reinstated as the owner of Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) ending four years of dispute which once saw the Indian firm’s executive chair Anil Agarwal publish an…
Vedanta near settlement with Zambia over in liquidation Konkola Mines
VEDANTA Resources was on the cusp of bringing four years of dispute with the Zambian government over Konkola Copper Mines to a close, said Bloomberg News. The newswire cited the…
Zambia close to resolving dispute with Vedanta over Konkola Copper Mines
ZAMBIA is close to resolving a dispute with Vedanta Resources over its Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), with a deal over the future of the partly state-owned unit “imminent”, said…