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The Mine Workers’ Union of Zambia (MUZ) says government’s intention to buy 90 per cent shares in Mopani Copper Mines from Glencore will redeem the mine’s operations. Read more: News Diggers
Zambian Breweries Plc has posted huge losses of nearly K15.5 million in its half-year period ending June 30, 2020, mainly triggered by the kwacha’s rapid depreciation against major currency convertibles, which increased the company’s debt portfolio and hiked production costs. Read more: News Diggers
A local entrepreneur has set aside over US$3.2 million for a diamond-processing plant that will start operating this month-end and will target producing between 15,000 and 25,000 carats in the first two to three years. Read more: Zambia Daily Mail
The Zambian government said on Wednesday that Africa’s economic transformation lies in the ability to increase value addition and strengthening the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises in national and regional supply chains. Read more: Xinhua
Officials from Russia and Zambia are expected to hold a videoconference in September to discuss the ongoing project to build a nuclear research center in the African country. Read more: Urdu Point
Agriculture Minister Michael Katambo says farmers have responded very well to the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) during the 2020/2021 agricultural season. Read more: Lusaka Times
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The far-reaching consequences of climate change have the ability to create chaos in the financial system and disrupt the American economy, according to a federal report released Wednesday. Read more: CNN
The Long-Term Stock Exchange started trading not with a bell, but a videoconference. The debut kicks off the company’s effort to enter the corporate-listings business, where the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Inc. have a stronghold. Another challenger, IEX Group Inc., tried and failed to break through. Read more: Bloomberg
Investors have upped bets on more interest rate cuts by South Africa’s central bank after a historic contraction in the economy during the second quarter, when coronavirus lockdown measures curtailed activity. Read more: Reuters
Kenya has secured $750 million from the World Bank for projects aimed at developing the economy of its arid northeastern regions, the World Bank said late on Tuesday. Read more: Reuters
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In 22 trades recorded yesterday, 5,402 shares were transacted yielding a market turnover of K4,416. A share price loss of K0.02 was recorded in Copperbelt Energy Corporation. Trading activity was also recorded in Zanaco and ZAFFICO. The LuSE All Share Index (LASI) closed at 3,830.62 points, 0.19% down from its previous close of 3,838.20 points. The market closed on a capitalization of K55,494,286,349 including Shoprite Holdings and K21,255,080,369 excluding Shoprite Holdings.
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