Zambia’s copper output is forecast to rise to about 1 million tons this year from about 820,000 metric tons produced last year, finance minister Situmbeko Musokotwane said in a statement. Copper output in Africa’s second-largest producer of the metal is being boosted by revival of mines including Lubambe, Luanshya and Kalengwa, Musokotwane said.

As global demand for copper continues to grow, we look forward to contributing to Zambia’s economic development." - Robert Friedland.

Four women’s soccer players from Zambia have been removed from the national team ahead of upcoming internationals due to added challenges entering the United States.

Zambian government grants 7,757 km2 in new exploration licences in North-Western Province, targeting extension of the Central African CopperbeltMassive licence package over three times larger in area than Ivanhoe's Western Forelands Exploration Project Zambian Geological Survey has completed high-resolution regional airborne geophysics survey over Ivanhoe's licence area,

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has warned ministers against dozing off during meetings, attributing their lack of attentiveness to "indulgence" and an absence of self-control.

The Kenyan, Ugandan, Nigerian and Ghanaian currencies are expected to be broadly stable against the dollar in the next week to Thursday, while Zambia's is seen under pressure, traders said. KENYA Kenya's shilling is expected to hold its ground because of subdued foreign-currency demand from the manufacturing sector and fuel importers through the start of the month.

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“It has made nearly every person, every mother, to have their child contaminated, because the lead levels are so rampant,” says Cornelius Katiti, a father from Kabwe, Zambia, whose three children are affected by lead poisoning.