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The amount of land granted for mining has now surpassed 2 million hectares, having doubled between 2021 and 2023 to around 1.8 million. This rapid expansion in mining activity…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287043
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The country's nascent mining sector is encountering both challenges and new opportunities as large-scale mining operations come in. Last month, four companies were granted…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB222240
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By suspending output at Las Bambas, Chinese consortium MMG raised the stakes in a long-running conflict, putting pressure on the Castillo government to act to lift blockages on…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB266377
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Clashes over the Las Bambas copper project.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB205731
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Tunisia and Morocco depend on phosphate ore exports as one of their main sources of foreign currency and government revenue. The mined rock, which contains phosphorus, is a key…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB198960
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Amid escalating external debt, President Edgar Lungu’s administration recently directed the liquidation of KCM, majority-owned by Vedanta, and is suspected to want to sell these…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB246048
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Development of the Simandou mine has been mired in controversy and repeat delays, and any forthcoming progress may ultimately depend on the approval of the Chinese government…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB255107
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This boosts President Edgar Lungu's re-election prospects in August, but ZCCM-IH will struggle to find a 'strategic partner' to replace Glencore. Mounting public debt will…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259136
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Zambian debt crisis.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB240265
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President Julius Maada Bio's performance.