Home: Cobalt, Congo and a mass artisanal mining experiment

The deal would also include ZCCM-IH dropping a $1.4 billion legal claim against First Quantum over a loan the company received from Kansanshi.

The party is using an anti-corruption, jobs creation and state control of the economy platform to challenge the governing African National Congress (ANC) in the upcoming election.

"At the end of the day it is an issue of balancing the needs of investors with the needs of the country"

Executives, investors and government officials met in Cape Town at the African Mining Indaba, the continent’s biggest gathering of one of its most essential industries.

Growing levels of public sector corruption can stifle a country’s economic growth while also chipping away at political freedom.

Wood Mackenzie forecasts that global lead production will increase in 2019 by about 250 kt.

Zambia, Africa's No.2 copper producer, introduced a new 10 percent tax when the price of copper exceeds $7,500 per tonne.

Production of cobalt, used in batteries for EV's, reached 42,200 tonnes in 2018 while copper hit 1.453 million tonnes.

Our target market is the southern African region at 1.2 million tons per annum, using a combination of road and rail transport.