By Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo JOHANNESBURG, March 18 (Reuters) - KoBold Metals, the mining firm backed by U.S. billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, has started development of its Mingomba copper ...

KOBOLD Metals, the mining company backed by US billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, has begun development of its Mingomba copper project in Zambia, targeting production in the early 2030s. “We’ve ...

Representatives from Japanese firms have inspected a copper mine in Zambia to explore business opportunities. About 20 people ...

Residents affected by a highly toxic tailings dam spill in Zambia’s Copperbelt have launched legal action against the Chinese ...

By Chris Mfula and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo LUSAKA, March 10 (Reuters) - Zambia is courting global investors, including from ...

Zambia has been selected as the first African country to host the 2026 International Mine Rescue Competition (IMRC), a prestigious global ...

Five years after becoming Africa's first Covid-era debt defaulter, Zambia is seeing a dramatic turnaround in fortunes as major powers vie for access to its vast reserves of copper. Surging demand from ...

A stalled US funding offer to Zambia made public this week reveals demands by Washington for access to minerals and data as funding is slashed, in terms criticised as exploitative. - Major copper ...

LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) -- The United States Embassy in Zambia ordered all U.S. government personnel Wednesday to leave a region in the north of the country affected by a toxic spill from a Chinese-owned ...

LUSAKA, Zambia — A Chinese-owned mining company has been accused of covering up the extent of a disastrous toxic spill in Zambia that polluted a major river that millions rely on with cyanide and ...

Mining giant Glencore shut its Zambia copper mine on Wednesday for three months following a slump in the market and disruption caused by coronavirus, raising the ire of the government and unions. "We ...