South Africa - Prosound has sold their first Eurotruss 10 x 8 ARC Roof to SoundWave, Zambia. SoundWave Zambia is a new age music company that provides a rental and hiring division along with a music festival management service. ...
Sulzer Pumps has successfully secured a contract for the supply of 12 large dewatering pump sets for a copper mine in Zambia, one of the largest construction projects currently underway in the country. The scope includes the design, ...
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The EU's long-term lending arm,the European Investment Bank(EIB),has granted€50 million($65 million)to support a new 120 MW hydropower plant and long-distance transmission line in Zambia,with the aim of supplying power to southern ...
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After the rise of technology hubs in the last two years, Africa's early stage investment is growing, anchored by humanitarian agencies and venture capitalists. Hivos, Indigo Trust, Rockefeller Foundation, Syngenta Foundation and ...
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Kapiri Glass Manufacturing Company chairman Costain Chilala said new machinery for the plant is expected to arrive in the country early next year. Mr Chilala said in an interview that all the preparations at the factory are going on has ...
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Nigeria has become the first country in Africa to ban telecom operators from engaging in the type of promotions and lotteries that are being blamed for deterioration in the quality of mobile services. The action by Nigeria, Africa's ...
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As telecom companies in Africa scramble to adopt next-generation mobile services to boost revenue, MTN South Africa has launched a commercial Long Term Evolution (LTE) network with the help of Ericsson. The network is the first to be ...
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Blackthorn Resources has hit more high grade copper from the Phase 6 Kitumba drilling program at its Mumbwa project in Zambia. Assay results from drill show that mineralization started from 55 meters with best copper intersections ...
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South African packaging company Nampak is focusing specially on Zambia, which is a part of its overall strategy to generate at least 25% of its revenue from the rest of Africa, besides South Africa, Angola, Kenya and Nigeria, by 2017. ...
Reuters reported that Brazil's Vale, the world's second largest mining company, cut estimated 2013 capital spending by 24% after a global slowdown and a drop in iron ore prices led the company to rethink its outlook for expansion. Vale ...
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Employees at mines in Zambia, Africa's biggest copper producer, are demanding pay rises of as much as 50% next year. Mr Chishimba Nkole president of Mineworkers Union of Zambia said that talks with companies began last month and were set ...
Reuters reported that government infrastructure spending should help Zambia's economy grow faster over the next 2 years providing copper prices do not fall. Median forecasts from last week's survey of 13 economists show Africa's top ...
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Known in the industry as ‘Metal King’ Mr Anil Agarwal can easily earn a moniker like ‘takeover tycoon’. While strategic acquisitions have helped him build a business empire worth USD 70 billion, what places him in ...
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Quton, Zimbabwe's sole surviving cotton planting seed firm, has installed a new cotton seed processing plant at its Tanzania-based subsidiary, Bernama said quoting Zimbabwe's news agency New Ziana. The new plant is likely to deliver ...
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Bloomberg reported that employees at mines in Zambia,Africa's biggest copper producer are demanding pay increases of as much as 50%for 2013. Mr Chishimba Nkole president of mineworkers Union of Zambia President said that talks with ...
Tags: copper mine, wages, Zambia, Mopani copper mine