{"id":3148,"date":"2026-03-18T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/?p=3148"},"modified":"2026-03-18T17:54:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:54:18","slug":"eu-pledges-support-to-zambias-mineral-regulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/?p=3148","title":{"rendered":"EU PLEDGES SUPPORT TO ZAMBIA\u2019S MINERAL REGULATION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">THE European Union (EU) has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Zambia\u2019s mining sector through enhanced collaboration with the Minerals Regulation Commission (MRC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In a Statement made available to ZANIS,&nbsp;EU Team Leader for Social Sectors, Governance and Critical Raw Materials&nbsp;Bogdan Stefanescu commended the government of Zambia for establishing the MRC, describing it as a key institution mandated to regulate and monitor compliance in the mining sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Mr Stefanescu said the EU is implementing projects valued at approximately \u20ac16 million in Zambia, focusing on skills development for artisanal and small-scale miners, access to justice and the formalisation of mining enterprises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Meanwhile, EU Head of Cooperation, Claudio Bacigalupi, emphasised the importance of the Zambia-EU partnership anchored on the 2023 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on critical minerals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">And MRC Director General Tom Hara stated that the Commission was established to enhance oversight and accountability in the mining sector, with a nationwide presence in key mining areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE European Union (EU) has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Zambia\u2019s mining sector through enhanced collaboration with the Minerals Regulation Commission (MRC). In a Statement made available to ZANIS,&nbsp;EU Team Leader for Social Sectors, Governance and Critical Raw Materials&nbsp;Bogdan Stefanescu commended the government of Zambia for establishing the MRC, describing it as a key institution [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3149,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3148\/revisions\/3149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}