I draw your attention to SI No. 68 of 2025 which comes in effect on 1st January 2026. This will force mines to buy from local manufacturers. Mines will have to reserve at least 20% of their annual procurement budget for Zambian owned companies. Last year cabinet approved the establishment of Zambia Minerals Investment Corporation (ZMIC) which will allow GRZ to trade minerals directly. Unlike the old model (ZCCM-IH) where GRZ got a dividend when mines declared a profit, ZMIC will take a percentage of the physical copper produced by all the mines and sell it on the open market. ZMIC is tasked with entering into joint ventures specifically focused on value addition. ZMIC will also have the right to acquire substantial stakes (up to 30%) in new mining projects. Zambia, DRC and USA also signed an MOU to create a regional value chain for EV batteries in 2022. This was followed by the Transboundary Battery and Electric Vehicle Special Economic Zone agreement in 2023. A pre-feasibility study carried in 2023 confirmed that the project is technically and financially viable. It found that manufacturing battery precursors in Zambia and DRC would be significantly cheaper than in the US or China. This project is supported by Afreximbank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), and the US government Things are happening, but we all seem to be preoccupied with politics to notice all of this. Any one interested in learning more about the Transboundary Battery and Electric Vehicle Special Economic Zone can follow the links below uneca.org/stories/eca-and-af…. uneca.org/stories/zambia-and….

I have no doubt that she'll do very well at Trafigura

Exactly what is needed. Let's get this show on the road.

The buyer is washing their money. In what universe does 4 hectares of land in Zambia cost $1 million?

Thanks Doc, I figured that this format is easier to digest.

Right you are, as long as the brother is keeping the lights on using religion, I ain't gonna hate on him

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1/ The 2025 report is out and I have used an AI skill that I created in ChatGPT Astra to distill the report and break it down in short clips

What happened? That was a good hotel.

Yes, there was no obligation on their part to come back.

I have a friend who I use to roll with back in the 90s and we made good sheets back then. About 10 years ago, I heard that sheets were really tight for him. Then, 5 years ago, I heard that he was a "prophet" and the homeboy even had follwers!! Far out!!

Happy birthday to your Queen...and if you can, please spoil her

And there we have it. Calling me a troll when he his cranium cave can not come up with a meanful rebuttal. Weel done sir.

Stop..just stop. Tell me NATO's purpose and how it fitted bombing Libya. Calling Gaddafi an "evil dick" is not an answer. Over to you...

Even if I was to grant your US propaganda as being accurate, how was it NATO's role to bomb Libya?

To the house niggers agreeing with Ian that NATO had nothing to do with Gaddafi death..Google is your friend, look up Operation Unified Protector

Great view young blood..looks like a very good place to quite your mind and talk to your inner self