BHP, the world’s largest mining group, plans to invest up to $25 million (P341 million) to earn a 75% interest in an upcoming ...

Authorities and environmentalists in Zambia fear the long-term impact of an acid spill at a Chinese-owned mine that poisoned a major river and could potentially affect millions of people after signs ...

The disease is now spreading, with cases confirmed in Lusaka, Kitwe, and Mufulira districts in the Copperbelt Province. By ...

The underlying conditions that allowed this disaster – weak regulation, limited enforcement capacity and Zambia’s heavy reliance on mining revenues – remain largely intact.

There will be mostly sunny skies. The high will be 83° on this humid day. Moderate air quality (51-100) Primary pollutant PM2.5 11 μg/m³ Pressure is the weight of the air in the atmosphere. It ...

The catastrophic failure of a tailings dam at Sino Metals’ Chambishi mine in Zambia ’s Copperbelt, releasing over 50 million litres of acidic effluent into the Mwambashi River, has reignited concerns ...

The Central African Copper Bonanza by Timo Särkkä analyses the Western colonial origins of the mining industry and its post-colonial legacies in the Central African Copperbelt in the Democratic ...

Kasumbalesa is the epicenter of the current cholera outbreak in Chililabombwe district. The Africa CDC team, together with ...