Copper export earnings decline
DARLINGTON MWENDABAI, Lusaka COPPER export earnings have this year declined by 22 percent to US$2.8 billion from US$3.5 billion, following a drop in both export volumes and copper prices. Policy…
DARLINGTON MWENDABAI, Lusaka COPPER export earnings have this year declined by 22 percent to US$2.8 billion from US$3.5 billion, following a drop in both export volumes and copper prices. Policy…
KALONDE NYATI, Lusaka THE price of Zambia’s major foreign exchange earner, copper has recorded a seven- month high to almost US$6,500, as signs of falling supply and a softer dollar…
THE Zambia Daily Mail yesterday carried a story in which copper prices are said to have skyrocketed to US$6,325 per tonne for the
HONE SIAME, Lusaka
COPPER prices on the London Metal Exchange (LME) have hit US$6,325 per tonne for the first time in two years with stakeholders urging mining companies to recall workers they laid off when metal prices plummeted.
NANCY MWAPE, Lusaka
THE Bank of Zambia (BoZ) says the Kwacha has gained against the US dollar on the back of improved supply of foreign exchange and higher copper prices.
KALONDE NYATI, Lusaka
PROSPECTS of supply disruptions after workers at the world’s biggest copper mine, Escondida, voted to strike has resulted in copper prices on the London Metal Exchange (LME) dropping to (more…)
KALONDE NYATI, Lusaka
THE price of copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) yesterday hit its highest since mid-November, trading at (more…)
KELVIN KACHINGWE, Lusaka
ZAMBIAN international economist Dambisa Moyo is not optimistic about the plunging prices for natural resources, which have strained the economies of resource-rich countries like Zambia, picking up any time soon.
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