A Brighter Future Powering Zambia’s Economy Zambia Chamber of Mines March 2017 Table of contents Foreword Understanding the basics Why is Zambia short of electricity? Why mines consume so much electricity The cost of providing electricity The cost of electricity — the mines’ perspective The current state of the Zambian power sector Lighting up Zambia 2 3 8 12 14 17 20 22 A Brighter Future March 2017 Zambia Chamber of Mines 1 2 Foreword by Nathan Chishimba Zambia has been blighted by power cuts for a number of years now. They are deeply inconvenient for the ordinary citizen, and...

By PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday 21ST MARCH, 2017 LUSAKA We would like to commend SADC leaders who recently convened in Swaziland for the extra ordinary summit for approving the action plan on industrialisation strategy and road map 2015-2063 as this will spur development. The head of states agreement to improve coordination and collaboration efforts to promote a harmonised approach in the management of army is also a sign that the leaders are concerned with the welfare of their people. As BSLT, we propose to President Lungu to pass a directive to either the ministry of national development or...

Felix Mwenge Published: Wednesday, 14 September 2016 09:58 By Felix Mwenge The 2015 Living Conditions Monitoring Survey report has revealed that the gap between the rich and the poor in Zambia is widening. Zambia’s Gini coefficient now stands at 0.69 up from 0.60 in 2010; much higher than the African average of approximately 0.43. The income disparity reflects the country’s inability to distribute its economic growth fairly across the population and is officially measured by the Gini coefficient, a statistical measure of dispersion ranging from 0 to 1. A Gini coefficient of 0 depicts perfect equality and 1 captures extreme...

[Reuters] By Patricia Zengerle and Warren Strobel ReutersMarch 20, 2017 FBI head Comey says no evidence of Trump wiretapping claim By Patricia Zengerle and Warren Strobel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the FBI said on Monday he had seen no evidence to support a claim by U.S. President Donald Trump that former president Barack Obama had wiretapped his 2016 election campaign. Before FBI Director James Comey began his testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, Republican chairman Devin Nunes said it was possible other means of surveillance had been used against Trump. The committee is investigating accusations...