Copperbelt, Zambia News

LUANSHYA Copper Mine yesterday commenced trial copper mining after undertaking rock blasting at Baluba, company deputy chief executive officer Gao Xiang has said.

THE palpable sense of excitement among Luanshya residents following the imminent re-opening of the mine is understandable.

TWO paediatricians who have cared for thousands of children at Yeovil District Hospital are retiring this Christmas.

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THE China Non-Ferrous Metal Company/Luanshya Copper Mine is set to inject an additional fresh investment of more than US$150 million in the rehabilitation of Luanshya Mine, which commences production on December 14.

It's the Cinderella story told in reverse; a tale of riches to rags. Once upon a time, following decolonisation, Zambia was perceived as Africa's progress icon.

KONKOLA Copper Mines has formally charged the 48 workers who recently took part in the riot in which property worth millions of Kwacha was destroyed.

The Catholic church welcomed newly ordained priest, Father Thierry Mambwe in Gaborone West on Saturday.

ONE of the most significant developments regarding the Government's role of economic management has been the implementation of a budget cycle that will run from January to December of every year.

The deputy head of the Zambian central bank has said there is no doubt that the 10 percent year-end inflation target will be attained this year, the Zambia Daily Mail reported on Saturday.

In 1980, my first husband, Ken Brown, who has died aged 64 of emphysema, took up a post as a magistrate in Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands .

PARLIAMENT yesterday heard that the influx of old second-hand vehicles and the Government's decision to allow sale of second hand tyres is a contributing factor to the high number of road accidents in the country.

NDOLA, Zambia, Nov 23 - When Obed Mumba first came to the Zambian copper mining town of Ndola in search of work, it was still known reverently as "Ku kalale" - the land of the white man.

OUTSPOKEN Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili, who was a vocal opponent of Chinese investors, has been awarded a contract to supply goods and install some equipment at the re-opened Chinese-owned Luanshya Copper Mines.

POLICE have picked up 14 people, among them, those who recently shot and wounded a Lebanese businessman in Lusaka while in Kalulushi a suspected notorious criminal was shot dead.

LUAPULA Member of Parliament Peter Machungwa has described President Banda's rule for the past one year as successful.

THE two-day protests by workers at Konkola Copper Mines in Chingola are uncalled for, especially that unions and management are still engaged in neg3otiations, stakeholders from a cross section of society have said.

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TWO ailing members of a Chimwemwe Township family ravaged by a mysterious disease have finally been evacuated to the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka for further medical investigations.