By CHARITY MOONGA – DANGOTE Cement Plc recorded a profit after tax of US$614 million in the six-month period ended June 30, 2015. This is a 21.65-per cent increase over the one announced for the...

By HELEN ZULU – THE Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) has registered about 17, 956 firms across the country this year. PACRA public relations officer Vaida Bunda-Njobvu said the agency had registered about 17,...

BY JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Zambia Cooperative Federation (ZCF) has commenced the production of mealie meal at one of the  first three solar-powered milling plants in North-Western Province. This follows installation of the machine in...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE Global Environment Facility (GEF) has provided about US$50,000 to a Zambezi-based organisation for the implementation of the protection of international waters-Zambezi River project. The project is aimed at protecting the...

By CHARITY MOONGA – THE Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) has this year participated in the China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) with a view to promoting and attracting investment in priority sectors of...

By CHATULA KANGALI – ZAMBEZI Portland Cement (ZPC) Limited says it has been losing K13 on every bag of cement it sells from the time Dangote Cement entered the market. Operations director Daniele Ventriglia said...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – GOVERNMENT has said it will soon re-advertise tenders on the implementation of biofuels in its continued efforts to develop another alternative source of energy in Zambia. Mines, Energy and Water Development...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI – A ZAMBIAN business consultant based in America has observed that Zambian companies can help mitigate the depreciating Kwacha if they stop importing raw materials. Raja Bobbili said the move would help...

By CHATULA KANGALI – ZAMBEZI Portland Cement (ZPC) Limited wants to retain ownership of Ital Terrazo, a company it staked as collateral to obtain a US$4.5 million loan from Finance bank. Ital Terrazo Limited, located...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Zambia Chamber of Mines (ZCM) recommends that deduction of capital allowances for the mining industry should be reverted to 100 per cent on total capital expenditure per annum. ZCM president...