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…
London Metal Exchange
Copper prices go high in 7 months
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…
MINERS processing copper at one of the mines on the Copperbelt.
High copper prices should not distract us
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
MINERS processing copper at one of the mines on the Copperbelt.
Copper prices highest in 2 years
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.
MINERS processing copper at one of the mines on the Copperbelt.
Improved forex supply, high copper prices pushes Kwacha up
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.
COPPER cathodes.
Copper prices simmer below $6,000
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…)
COPPER cathodes.
Copper prices hit highest note
KALONDE NYATI, Lusaka
THE price of copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) yesterday hit its highest since mid-November, trading at (more…)
Natural resources prices unlikely to rise – Dambisa
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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