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The study was conducted to identify workable reform options essential for Zambia’s aspirations to increase copper output to 3 million metric tonnes in a decade.
It also accounts for 8% of formal employment (Mr Paul Kabuswe, Minister of Mines and Minerals Development). The main copper mining region in Zambia is the Copperbelt Province, whose main cities are Kitwe and Ndola (which are Zambia’s second and third larg-est cities, respectively).
Zambia is the second largest producer of copper in Africa and its economy is heavily dependent on copper mining (at least 70% of total exports). Efforts to diversify economic activ-ity or invest revenues from mining to other sectors of the economy have been limited.
The mining sector, particularly copper, has been the backbone of the Zambian economy for decades. The copper industry has dominated the mining sector in Zambia for several decades despite the existence of other minerals with high private sector participation.
The main copper mining region in Zambia is the Copperbelt Province, whose main cities are Kitwe and Ndola (which are Zambia’s second and third larg-est cities, respectively). There are also mining activi-ties extending into the North-Western Province. The largest copper mines in the country are Kansanshi, Konkola, Lumwana, Sentinel and Mufulira.
To support the aspiration to ramp up production, the 2022 budget was the first step in aligning Zambia’s aspiration to ramp up copper production in the mining sector through the re-introduction of deductibility of Mineral Royalty Tax (“MRT”) payable under the Minerals and Mines Development Act of 2015 for income tax purposes.
