Zambia’s Copper Target Needs an Economy Built Around It
Copper output reached 890,346 tonnes in 2025. Reaching three million by 2031 will require Zambia's power, water, transport, skills and safeguards to grow with its mines.
Tag: Local Content
SouthGrid Engineering Consultants: The Lusaka Firm Building Zambia’s Roads, Bridges and Local Engineering Capacity
Founded in 2023, SouthGrid Engineering Consultants has designed a 52 metre bridge and contributed to over 127km of Zambian roads, entirely as a sub consultant inside larger joint ventures. A…
The Economics of Exclusion: How Financing Asymmetry Is Squeezing Zambian Contractors Out of Their Own Market
A growing share of Zambia's major infrastructure work goes to Chinese state backed contractors, and the reasons trace back to a financing gap local firms cannot match. Eng. Willings Sichalwe…
Inside Statutory Instrument 68: Zambia’s New Local-Content Rules for Miners
Zambia's Local Content Regulations under SI 68 of 2025 require miners to buy far more from Zambian suppliers. What it means for mining houses, SMEs and investors.