by afrikanfrontier | Sep 6, 2024 | Business, News
Southern Africa’s railway networks are experiencing a surge of global interest, attracting billions of dollars in investment as the worldwide race to secure copper supplies for the green-energy transition intensifies. This renewed focus on rail infrastructure...
by afrikanfrontier | Sep 6, 2024 | Business, News, Politics
Zambia has unveiled ambitious plans to establish an investment company that will hold a minimum 30% stake in the production of critical minerals from future mines. This strategic move aims to maximise the nation’s benefits from its abundant deposits of minerals...
by afrikanfrontier | Aug 2, 2024 | Business, News
Zambia, Africa’s second-largest copper producer, is setting its sights on a significant increase in annual copper production, aiming to capitalise on the growing global demand driven by the green energy transition. The Finance Ministry’s projection of a...
by afrikanfrontier | Oct 6, 2023 | Business, News, Politics
An $850 million road development project connecting the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) copper and cobalt mining region to East Africa’s Indian Ocean coast has broken ground. The presidents of DRC and Zambia officiated a ceremony to launch the...
by afrikanfrontier | Sep 26, 2023 | Business, News, Politics
The Democratic Republic of Congo has announced support for a new copper-cobalt processing plant as part of efforts to formalise informal mining in the country. The Congolese company Buenassa will develop the estimated $350 million project. Most of Congo’s vast...
