By JAMES MUYANWA – THE Government collected total mineral royalty of K1.8 billion in 2013, which was 8.4 per cent lower than projected. In the year when the mines earned more than US$7 billion from...

By JAMES KUNDA
 – THE construction phase of a new lime manufacturing plant in Masaiti
District is expected to be complete in the first quarter of 2015 at a
cost of K250 million. The plant being constructed...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE
 – A LUSAKA-BASED business executive has said the Government should help to build capacity for local entrepreneurs to enable them fully exploit available business opportunities. Insurance Brokers Association (IBA) representative Cosmas Kanguya...

By JAMES KUNDA and MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA

 – THE Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) has registered more than 7,000 businesses in the first quarter of 2014 and signed partnership agreements with 57 local authorities to...

By JAMES KUNDA ZAMBIA— Railways Limited (ZRL) requires US$100 million to overhaul the Mulobezi railway line and extend it to the Walvis Bay corridor in Namibia. ZRL head of Corporate Affairs, Benson Ngula said in...

By JAMES MUYANWA– ZAMBIA’s metal export earnings last year increased to US7 billion from $6.5 billion in 2012 translating in 8.8-per cent rise while production increased by nearly six per cent. Following a rise in...

By CHILA NAMAIKO- A FORMER Cabinet minister in the MMD government Siacheye Madyenkuku has said Zambia is scoring remarkable developments due to President Michael Sata’s strong passion to improve the welfare of citizens. Mr Madyenkuku,...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE- A ZAMBIAN firm has introduced a solar- powered lighting system called Vivid Solar Lamp on the Zambian market which is expected to light up the countryside. The company, Sun Marvel Power Innovations,...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE- SWEDISH company Eltel Networks has won a bid to construct the 840-kilometre hydro power line in Northern-western Province at a total cost of US$163 million. Both Swedish Ambassador to Zambia Lena Nordstrom...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE- ACCOUNTANTS should always uphold integrity and avoid compromising ethical standards for the country to post meaningful national development, former Commerce, Trade and Industry minister Felix Mutati has said. Speaking as an accountancy...