Economy

ZCCM -Investments Holdings (ZCCM-IH) Plc has offered Kabwe Mine to Alberg Mining and Minerals Limited, a South African mining firm. The Zinc mine in Kabwe has been closed since 1994. ZCCM-IH chief executive officer, Joseph Chikolwa announced in a statement in...

 THE Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has approved new Zesco electricity tariff increases on condition that the power utility meets set performance benchmarks. Announcing the new tariffs to be effected on January 1, 2008, ERB board chairman, Sikota Wina, said...

National Milling Company has disclosed that it has spent about K500 million on its Social Corporate Responsibility (SCR) programme on various interventions. National Milling Managing Director Peter Cottan said the interventions include the feeding programmes for the vulnerable...

Nitrogen Chemicals of Zambia workers today staged a protest demanding that government should release money for the fertilizer the company produced this year under the Fertilizer Suport Programme. The workers who refused to work are also demanding to be paid...

Government has implored Accountants in the country to adhere to various initiatives and reforms aimed at enhancing fiscal discipline in the public finance.Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary, Tens Kapoma said as custodians of public finances,...

A Chinese largest Non Ferrous mining group has expressed interest in investing more in Zambia’s mining and other sectors of the economy. China Non Ferrous Metal Mining (group) (CNMC) Company Limited, which has so far invested in Chambeshi’s Non...

Zambia’s Ambassador to China, Lupando Mwape has asked Chinese investors to establish manufacturing firms in Zambia and help alleviate unemployment. Mr. Mwape said Chinese business people can do well to form manufacturing plants in order to add value to business...

Pande Lusaka, December 18, ZANIS - Government has refuted media reports alleging that the government of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has banned the shipment of copper to Zambia. Foreign Affairs Minister Kabinga Pande says the assertions are false and...

The Auditor Generals Office has put in place a new strategic plan aimed at widening its auditing coverage. Auditor General Anna Chifungula said all auditing work for next year under the new strategic plan, which is in harmony with the...

Government has assured the citizenry, particularly people in rural areas, that the communication problems they were facing would come to an end once the optic fibre network is installed. Communication and Transport Minister Sarah Sayifwanda says government is working...