BARRICK Lumwana Mine has disclosed that it met its 2023 production guidance, setting the tone for future expansion. And the mine says its Super Pit expansion project has been accelerated with first production now scheduled...

ENERGY Regulation Board (ERB) Chairperson Reynolds Bowa says government has not been subsidising fuel, but the authority has been using the Strategic Reserve Fund to support price stabilisation due to the sudden increase in the...

ECONOMIST Lubinda Haabazoka says the Kwacha is just two weeks away from hitting the K30 against US$1 psychological barrier. And Dr Habaazoka says some businessmen have run away from transacting in Zambia because the economy...

GOVERNMENT has disclosed that China Jiangsu will begin the process of shipping plant equipment for the prefabricated housing material factory to be set up in Zambia after February. Minister of Infrastructure, Housing Urban and Development...

CENTRE for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) Executive Director Isaac Mwaipopo says the first quarter of 2024 may remain quite challenging owing to the performance of the exchange rate. And Mwaipopo has observed that in...

THE Energy Regulation Board (ERB) Chairperson Reynolds Bowa says the Strategic Reserve Fund which they have been using to keep the fuel prices constant for the last four months has been depleted. In an interview,...

MINE Suppliers and Contractors Association president Coster Mwaba has appealed to government to urgently engage Lubambe Copper Mines’ management to ensure all suppliers and contractors are paid their dues. Mwaba says the mine owes suppliers...

FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says the country’s inflation and Kwacha performance against major convertible currencies could have been worse without interventions from the IMF and World Bank. And Dr Musokotwane says...

ECONOMIST Trevor Hambayi says KCM and Mopani Copper Mines will have no impact on the country’s economic performance in 2024. Earlier this week, Bank of Zambia (BoZ) Deputy Governor for operations Francis Chipimo expressed concern...

BANK of Zambia Governor Dr Denny Kalyalya has challenged US economist Steve Hanke to demonstrate how he arrived at 47 percent as the official annual inflation rate for Zambia. Dr Hanke, a professor of applied economics at the...