ZCCM Investments Holdings Plc provided earnings guidance for the interim period ended September 30, 2014. The Board of Directors advised the shareholders of the company that for the interim period ended September 30, 2014, the basic earnings per share is expected to be 119% lower, and the headline earnings per share is expected to be 119% lower, than those for the interim period ended September 30, 2013. The decrease in profitability was largely due to lower turnover on account of lower performance of the company's investments in the mining sector amidst continued reduction in copper prices on the International markets.

The price of copper has reduced by 7.6% from USD 7,300 per tonne in September 2013 to USD 6,748 per tonne at September 30, 2014.