Zambia has temporarily shut its border with Tanzania as part of its efforts to quell the spread of COVID-19, delaying its main copper exports via Dar es Salaam, a minister revealed yesterday. President Edgar Lungu directed the closure on Sunday after the border town of Nakonde...
Zambia has told Glencore that it plans to revoke the mining licences of its subsidiary Mopani Cooper Mines (MCM) because the company did not give enough notice before suspending its mining operations following the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. The Zambia Government’s Mining Licensing Committee secretary Michael Chibonga...
At least 41 artisanal miners were killed on Thursday when part of a Glencore-owned copper-cobalt mine in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) collapsed. The incident occurred in the KOV open pit mine at the Kamoto Copper Company (KCC) concession in Southeast DRC. Glencore’s subsidiary Katanga Mining...