Making Mining Work for Zambia: Economic, Health, & Environmental Nexus
Mining firms make choices about procurement that influences the industry's contribution to the Zambian economy.This brief video introduces the World Bank's Fifth Zambia Economic Brief "Making Mining Work for Zambia: The Economic, Health, and …
Corporate Social Responsibility in Zambia | SpringerLink
This chapter critically examines Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Zambia and argues that it has been unnecessarily heavily skewed, for decades, towards the mining sector. Although laudable, this approach is narrow and has militated against a comprehensive approach to CSR in the country. In arguing its case, the discussion looks …
ICMM Report on Mining in Zambia
and communities to benefit from mining. We know that mining investments can and do drive economic growth and reduce poverty nationally and locally. However, the development benefits from mining are not automatic and companies alone cannot unlock these – governance is key and multi-stakeholder partnerships can help fill capacity gaps.
The contribution of Mining to Zambia's development
9,008 Views. A new analysis of mining in Zambia for the past 100 years shows a clear historical link between levels of mining investment and wider economic development. This is the key conclusion …
National benefits, local costs? Local residents' views on …
This study examined the environmental and social effects of large-scale mining in Chingola, Zambia. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with 164 residents living close to Zambia's largest open pit mine, key informants and desk analysis of secondary data.
Strategies to future-proof Zambia's mining industry
Zambia is Africa's second-largest copper producer and the world's seventh-largest, producing 800 696 tonnes of copper, as well as 247 tonnes of cobalt last year. The price of copper has ...
(PDF) Copper mining in Zambia : the developmental legacy …
Zambia is a good example of a country concerns about where improved resource prices, in this This paper 1 discusses the impact of the need for case for copper, and a favourable copper mining on local communities and investment climate, have prompted an the contestations over control of and Zambia to inflow of foreign capital into the mining ...
Tripling Zambia's copper production: A way out of the debt …
The election of Hichilema in 2021 marked the turnaround for Zambia's mining sector. He set out the goal of expanding Zambian copper production from 800,000 tonnes per year to 3 million, over a ...
Zambia Country mining guide
Zambia ranked 62nd on Policy/Mineral Potential among the 93 jurisdictions covered by the Fraser Institute's Survey of Mining Companies 2011/2012. Figure 1 provides the country's scores on key indices of the survey. Figure 1: Zambia's scores, Fraser Institute's Survey of Mining Companies, 2007–12. 2007–08 2008–09.
A new business hub in North-Western Province
Kalumbila Town was designated a Multi-Facility Economic Zone (MFEZ) on 16 September 2022, in order to fast-track economic development in North-Western Province. Naturally, Zambians will want to understand who will benefit from this decision. Mining For Zambia asked the superintendent of the Kalumbila Town Development …
Zambia 2023 Mining Report
Overview. Investment in Zambia's mining sector tripled in 2022 thanks largely to the introduction of various tax incentives in the new Government's first budget and the …
The economic and social impact of mining-resources exploitation in Zambia
Abstract. Mining resources (mainly copper), whose extraction and export were initiated during colonial times, have played an important role in the economy of Zambia, a landlocked country in central-southern Africa. This country faces serious development challenges, especially regarding economic structural transformation, …
Zambia: the copper mining powerhouse looking towards a …
Copper is valuable for its ability to conduct electricity and heat; it is used in electrical products, as a corrosion-resistant metal, in construction, products and transportation.. Copper mining in Zambia. Zambia, in southern central Africa, has been a mining powerhouse for well over 100 years and is one of the largest copper producers in …
Boosting mineral revenues in Zambia
In developing a sustainable mining tax regime, Zambia could look at best practices in other mining jurisdictions, which demonstrate the benefits of longer-term policy and …
Corporate Social Responsibility in Zambian Copper …
t r s z). The mining sector as a whole accounted for over y r% of Zambia's total export value, yet only accounts for s t% of Zambia's GDP ("How Can Zambia Benefit More from Mining?", 2016). Therefore, although the industry continues to be lucrative, the Zambian government and economy have been receiving a decreasing share of its revenues.
THE ZAMBIA MINING INVESTMENT AND …
Objective: Strengthen the mining sector's governance, investment environment and development impact. Implementation: At globally, but at a country level through …
ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION: THE CASE OF THE …
promoting a diversified export-oriented mining sector. It aims to achieve this through the lens of Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM). The strategy resonates well with the vision 2030 of making Zambia a middle-income state by 2030 through the conduit of mining. This strategy is robust in its own right because it explicates the strategic
A review of the Zambian mining sector
Country Senior Partner, PwC Zambia. Tel: +260 (0) 211 334 000. The report presents a broad range of Zambian mining analysis, from key statistics to why trust has broken down among stakeholders and what can be done about it.
Reforming Zambia's mines needs more change and support
The call to action for the mining sector must be supported by continued improvements to the domestic operating environment and bring along regional partners. ... This appears to have already brought benefit to Zambia. In a well-choreographed stamp of approval for the changes HH's administration have brought in, the country's top copper ...
The economic and social impact of mining-resources exploitation in Zambia
Abstract. Mining resources (mainly copper), whose extraction and export were initiated during colonial times, have played an important role in the economy of Zambia, a landlocked country in ...
Mining in Zambia: Revitalization and the Challenges of …
The privatization of the mines – helped in no small measure by the surge in global commodity prices since 2003 – heralded a remarkable revitalization of the sector (Figure 9.1).However, the return to profitability has also recast the challenges of securing the returns to the country's natural resource endowment for the citizens of Zambia. With …
Copper mining in Zambia
In the work done by International Council on Metals and Mining (ICMM), verified data from 2012 statistics shows that, in that year, 86% of the foreign direct investment that came into Zambia was due to the mining industry, 80% of the country's export earnings came from the mining industry, as well as over 25% of all revenues collected by ...
Zambia is a significant player in copper mining in Africa, …
Electricity access in Zambia will likely have spill-over benefits to firm productivity and foreign investment flows, if grid infrastructure and new generation capacity is supported." An unstable tax regime . Another barrier to attracting mining operations in the country is an unstable tax regime, the brief reported.
Zambia: An Overview Of The Mining Sector In Zambia And, In
The mining sector in Zambia continues to play an important national economic role and has in the last two decades experienced tremendous growth and investment, driven mainly by expansion in large-scale mining. Getting ahead, the government is focused on building a diversified and export-oriented mining sector …
Zambia : Harnessing Zambia's Mining Sector and …
Zambia stands at a critical juncture to boost its economy through the mining sector and agriculture. By prioritizing full ownership of the mining industry, capitalizing on mineral discoveries like ...
THE MINING INVESTMENT AND GOVERNANCE REVIEW …
The Zambia Mining Investment and Governance Review (MInGov) collects and shares information on mining sector governance, its attractiveness to investors, and how it contributes to national ... • Establishing a small cell in government to centralize action on artisanal and small-scale mining, which could have benefit for the mining sector at ...
MINING SECTOR IN ZAMBIA
companies in Zambia. Mining companies have employed various policies through which human vi. rights are respected. The policies include safety and health, environment, human rights, code of ... livelihoods of local communities as some of the benefits of mining companies CSR. In order to promote transparency in their …
Mobilising Natural Resources for Sustainable Development: Copper mining
The Zambian copper mining industry as we know it today had its genesis in the 1920s. Consistent private sector-driven investment in the industry over a period of over 50 years in exploration, mine ...
(PDF) Copper mining in Zambia
Abstract. The Zambian copper mining industry as we know it today had its genesis in the 1920s. Consistent private sector-driven investment in the industry over a period of over 50 years in ...
Fifth Zambia Economic Brief: Making Mining Work for Zambia
By Webby Banda, 8th March 2021. Guest Diggers. Mining remains the backbone of Zambia's economy accounting for 14% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), over 14% of domestic revenue generation, and over 70% …