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New tax Regime for The Mining Sector In Zambian
Zambia’s main opposition party, The Patriotic Front, has urged the government to scrap its proposed new tax regime for the mining sector because its likely to hurt growth in the recovering sector, local media quoted PF President Michael Sata as saying over the weekend.
Sata, was quoted by the independent Post newspaper as saying that [...]
Namibia: Gold Mining Industry Under Fire
THE mining industry has consistently refused to take responsibility for the destruction of communities and ecosystems for more than 100 years, a local civil society organisation has said.
It is against this background that the Labour Resource and Research Institute (LaRRI) published a book ‘Gold mining companies in Africa – workers’ experiences’.
Analysts Remain Bullish on Uranium After Nearly Doubling in 2006
After nearly doubling last year, the price of uranium appears poised to continue its bull run in 2007 as demand for the radioactive fuel continues to outstrip supply, analysts say.
”It is a commodity that has for years been under a lot of pressure from excess supply and now the seeds have been sown and we’re [...]
China mixes rice and neo-colonialism
When China, one of the world’s most corrupt countries, starts dishing out tens of billions of US dollars in aid and business contracts in Africa, the world’s most corrupt continent, alarm bells go off in Washington and other Western capitals. The fact that China turns a blind eye to widespread human-rights abuses on the continent [...]
