Region: Zambia
Canadian miner reports win in Zambian electricity dispute
A subsidiary of Canada’s First Quantum Minerals has won an UNCITRAL claim against a Zambian state entity over electricity supplies to its copper mining facilities in the country – a dispute that also gave rise to an English court injunction.
16 February 2022
South African mining group pursues Zimbabwe in DC
Two Mauritian subsidiaries of South African mining group Amari have brought a US action against Zimbabwe to collect on a US$50 million ICC award issued eight years ago over nickel and platinum projects that were terminated on the basis of corruption allegations.
11 January 2022
Zambian court halts liquidation of mining venture
A court in Zambia has blocked proceedings brought by a Zambian state-owned entity to wind-up its copper mining joint venture with the UK’s Vedanta Holdings, pending the resolution of an UNCITRAL arbitration between the parties.
23 November 2020
Canadian miner defeats Zambian fraud suit
A court in Lusaka has thrown out a Zambian state entity’s fraud suit against a Canadian mining company on the basis it was “materially the same” as a claim already dismissed by an UNCITRAL tribunal.
06 April 2020
South African court orders halt to Zambian liquidation proceedings
The High Court of South Africa has granted Vedanta Resources an injunction against a Zambian state-owned entity to prevent the liquidation of their copper-mining joint venture pending an international arbitration in Johannesburg.
23 July 2019
Zambian state entity fails to revive derivative claim
An English court has upheld an UNCITRAL tribunal's decision to bar a Zambian state-owned entity from pursuing a derivative claim against a subsidiary of Canadian mining company First Quantum on behalf of their joint venture vehicle.
07 June 2019