The economy is expected to create a jobs boom if the country can fix its electricity grid and meet the increasing demand for local copper beneficiation

As the ninth Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) kicks off in Beijing, a new, green theme is shaping their relationship: the global renewable energy race

Electrification of the global economy has created fresh demand for the ‘red metal’, pushing the price of copper to a 10-year high

Trade union Amcu confirms that five mineworkers have died and a sixth is still trapped underground after a fire broke out at a Palabora mine

Zambia’s high court is to decide on issuing a licence for a copper mine in a game reserve bordering Zimbabwe’s Mana Pools world heritage site.

But the strategy to boost industry has a major stumbling block: readily available power.

Barrick Gold said on Monday it will take over Australian copper miner Equinox Minerals for more than C$7-billion, topping Minmetals’ offer by 16%.

Vale, the world’s largest iron ore producer, bid $1,1-billion for Metorex to tap into its copper and cobalt operations and drive growth via Africa.

With a pickaxe, clunky safety boots and the jeans, Isabel Galleguillos has become Chile’s first woman with her own open-pit mine.

Zambian president announces plans to nationalise foreign-owned copper mines that have closed down because of the global recession.