Sunday, January 19, 2025

Economy

K3.2 trillion spent on maize purchasing

Government, through the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has spent K3.2 trillion on purchasing maize and transportation it during the 2011-2012 crop marketing season. Agriculture and...

President Sata in Botswana

President Michael Sata has left for a three day state visit to Botswana. The President left on Monday morning at 08:35 hours aboard the presidential...

ZESCO MD promises to deal with load shading

ZESCO Managing Director Cyprian Chitundu says the power utility company is working out mechanisms to alleviate load shading. Mr. Chitundu says the demand for power...

There will be no fuel shortages in the country-Government

ENERGY and Water Development permanent secretary George Zulu has allayed fears that there would be fuel shortages in the country. “There is no looming fuel...

FIRST Quantum Minerals and others face closure over exploration licencing

FIRST Quantum Minerals (FQM) Zambia Limited, Equinox Zambia Limited and ZCCM-IH are among over 400 mining companies facing closure for defaulting on meeting statutory...

Fuel, petroleum products shortage looms

ZAMBIA faces a crippling shortage of fuel and other petroleum products as Indeni Petroleum Refinery has run out of crude oil feed stock and...

Mine unions take dispute with First Quantum Minerals to court

THE Mineworkers Union of Zambia (MUZ) and National Union of Miners and Allied Workers (NUMAW) have taken the labour dispute with First Quantum Minerals...

Small Scale Mining Association to inject $200m in 16 dump sites

THE Small-Scale Mining Association of Zambia (SSMAZ) will inject about US$200 million in the development of 16 dump sites on the Copperbelt, which will...