Academic Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Mineral Sciences (BMinSc) (UNZA)
- Master of Mineral Sciences (MMinSc) (UNZA)
Webby Banda is a Lecturer and Assistant Dean (undergraduate) in the School of Mines at the University of Zambia (UNZA), Lusaka, Zambia. He holds a Bachelor of Mineral Sciences (B.Min.Sc) and a Master of Mineral Sciences (M.Min.Sc) degree. He lectures at undergraduate level in mine investment analysis, application of software’s in mining and mineral economics. He has 3 years of mining engineering experience spread across consulting and academia. He is a registered professional engineer and a member of the Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ). He has published and presented several technical papers locally and internationally. His research interests include mineral taxation, mine financial valuation, fleet optimisation, drilling and blasting, mining method selection and design, mine investment analysis and multiple criteria decision making. Webby Banda is a Lecturer and Assistant Dean (undergraduate) in the School of Mines at the University of Zambia (UNZA), Lusaka, Zambia. He holds a Bachelor of Mineral Sciences (B.Min.Sc) and a Master of Mineral Sciences (M.Min.Sc) degree. He lectures at undergraduate level in mine investment analysis, application of software’s in mining and mineral economics. He has 3 years of mining engineering experience spread across consulting and academia. He is a registered professional engineer and a member of the Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ). He has published and presented several technical papers locally and internationally. His research interests include mineral taxation, mine financial valuation, fleet optimisation, drilling and blasting, mining method selection and design, mine investment analysis and multiple criteria decision making.
Membership to professional bodies
- Member of the Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ)
- Banda, W. and Besa, B. (2016). ‘Review and Restructure of Zambia's 2008 Mining Windfall Tax’ Paper accepted and presented at ‘Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ) 2016 symposium, Livingstone, Zambia.
- Banda, W. and Besa, B. (2016). Modeling the Impact of Royalty Tax on the Mining Industry: A Case Study of Zambia. Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences (JONAS), Vol. 2, No.1, pp.49-57. ISSN (Print): 2226-6429.
- Kabwe, E. and Banda, W. (2017). Stemming zone fragmentation analysis of optimised blasting with top-column air decks. CIM Journal Preprints, https://doi.org/10.15834/cimj.2018.1
- Banda, W. (2018). Economic analysis of Zambia’s ad valorem copper mineral royalty reforms using an analytic hierarchy process framework. Mineral Economics Journal. ISSN (Print): 2191-2203.
- Banda, W. (2018). ‘Selection of Zambia’s optimal copper mining excess profit tax’ Paper accepted and presented at ‘Society of mining professors 6th regional conference’, Johannesburg, South Africa.
