Zambia rescuers pump mud from Chinese-owned mine where 7 workers …
Mine workers are seen during a rescue mission in Chingola, Zambia, on December 3, 2023 (File Photo) LUSAKA, Zambia — Authorities in Zambia said Tuesday they were frantically pumping water and mud from a Chinese-owned copper mine where seven miners were trapped underground. The two Chinese workers and five Zambian …
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Zambia 2023 Mining Report
Overview. Investment in Zambia's mining sector tripled in 2022 thanks largely to the introduction of various tax incentives in the new Government's first budget and the …
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Chibuluma Mines: A model mine in a mining world
Mining in Chibuluma has been ongoing since 1955, with Metorex acquiring the mine in 1997. The development and transformation of the mine into the model operation that it is today began in late 2006. During that time, Chibuluma experienced success after success, with production levels increasing year on year from 10,000 tonnes in the first …
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Maamba Collieries Limited (MCL) operates Zambia's largest coal mining concession and coal-fired Thermal Power Plant. MCL adopts eco-friendly and up to date mining equipment and processes, while the mine-mouth power plant uses modern technology to minimise environmental impact in conformance with World Bank and Zambia Environmental …
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Zambia 2023 Mining Report
Investment in Zambia's mining sector tripled in 2022 thanks largely to the introduction of various tax incentives in the new Government's first budget and the apparent commitment to maintaining a stable mining tax policy. In the first edition of our mining report, we focused on how Zambia's mining sector can rebuild trust among ...
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Mining Companies in Zambia
Looking for mining companies in Zambia? Find updated list of top mining companies in Zambia on our business directory. Find contact information for each business such as phone number and address. ... Munali Nickel Mine P.O Box 50799 Lusaka Plot 10684 Kafue/Mazabuka Road Mining Company Limestone Resources Limited, Ndola P.O.Box …
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Undermining gender: women mineworkers at the rock …
Crucially, for the first time in the history of mining in Zambia, three women (two rock mechanics and a geologist) worked full time underground. Women's growing …
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Tuberculosis in the mines of Zambia: A case for intervention:
Mineworkers in Zambia who are diagnosed with TB are prohibited from ever working in the mines again as a result of a 1999 policy (The 1999 Workers' Compensation Act), originally developed as a ...
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Kagem Mining Limited | LinkedIn
Kagem Mining Limited | 33,399 followers on LinkedIn. Kagem Mining Ltd is based in Lufwanyama, Zambia, and believed to be the world's single largest producing emerald mine. Kagem is 75% owned by Gemfields, in a model partnership with the Zambian government. A world leading supplier of responsibly sourced coloured gemstones, …
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Kalumbila is A $200m Mining Town with a Difference
Kalumbila is not coy about its ambitions. It intends to rival Kitwe in size and scope by 2050. For now, it is a small mining town in the remote North-Western province, and most of its 5 000-plus inhabitants work for FQM's $2.1-billion Sentinel copper mine – but it already sees a future beyond mining. " Johannesburg is a good example of a ...
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Skilled Miners Critical to Meeting Zambia's Production Targets
Lee Muzala March 3, 2023. 383 3 minutes read. Skilled miners are critical to Zambia meeting the annual copper production of three million tonnes in the next 10 years. The …
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Protecting mining workers' safety and health through South …
The ILO, Ministry of Emergency Management of China and key stakeholders in Zambia joined hands in making a contribution towards protecting mining workers' safe and health in Zambia through a South-South Cooperation Programme on building the capacity of mining companies.
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(PDF) The Mine Workers Union of Zambia's abilities to …
The Mine Workers Union of Zambia Versus Sino Metals and CCS In 2007, the MUZ sued the Chinese mining companies Sino Metals and CCS for denying the MUZ affiliates access into the Chambishi mine. This was according to the ILO and ITUC a violation of the workers' constitutional right to join a union.
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Kasenseli Minerals Limited | Zambia Minerals
Kasenseli Minerals Limited is a mining company, focused on copper, gold, and cobalt exploration and production in Zambia and charged with countrywide mandate to drive the formalization and development of the mining sector of Zambia. Its core business includes copper & gold exploration, mining, processing, marketing and value addition.
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Emerald Mining in Zambia
Emerald deposits have been known to exist in Zambia since the 1920s. However, there was no real interest in mining these deposits until the 1970s to 1980s with developed prospecting and mining techniques. As …
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Zambia threatens to expel foreign workers over mine job cuts
Mining companies in Zambia have warned that an increase in royalties set for Jan. 1 will lead to more than 21,000 job cuts. Zambia threatens to expel foreign workers over mine job cuts - MINING
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First Quantum to cut 1,000 jobs at Kalumbila mine in Zambia
The management at Kalumbila mine has reportedly written to the minister's office last week disclosing its intention to lay off workers. Simukoko was quoted by the news agency as saying: "We received the letter last week informing us that they want to lay off more than 1,000 workers starting in January, but we think these are arm-twisting ...
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Working and Living Conditions of Workers in the Mining …
The paper reaches a conclusion that the current wages for lowly paid unionised workers in the Zambian mining sector are insufficient to cover the minimum requirement for decent …
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Kagem Emerald Mine, Zambia | Gemfields
Located in the southern part of Zambia's copper belt, this open-pit mine lies in the centre of a mineral-rich province called the Ndola Rural Emerald Restricted Area. Following the liberalisation of mining in the early 1990s, Zambia has become one of the most valuable emerald sources in the world. Since acquiring the Kagem mine in 2008, in ...
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Zambia: Rescue efforts continue to pull out 7 workers trapped in mine …
For illustration purposes: Mine workers are seen during a rescue mission in Chingola, around 400 kilometres (248 miles) north of the capital Lusaka, Zambia, Dec. 2, 2023.
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Mopani Copper Mines : Placing Prosperity in Zambian Hands
MCM is a Zambian registered copper mine owned by ZCCM Investments Holdings PLC (ZCCM-IH). The company's assets comprise underground mines, a concentrator, a smelter, and a refinery at the Mufulira mine site, and underground mines, open pits, a concentrator, and a cobalt plant at the Nkana mine site in Kitwe.
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Zambia : Mining companies challenged to stop using Mine workers …
He said the proposed measures and other tax changes have infuriated the mining sector in Zambia and resulted into threats to lay-off close to 21,000 workers as the mining sector believes that the ...
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Zambia Chamber of Mines
History. The Zambia Chamber of Mines (ZCM) was originally formed in September 1942 and was known as the Northern Rhodesia Chamber of Mines of Zambia until it was replaced by the Copper Insutry Services Buereau (CISB) in 1965. Following privatisation of the ine assets in 2000, the Zambia Chamber of mines was re-established.
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Better Health in Mines and Mining Communities: A Shared …
2. Protecting the Health of Local Communities is a Shared Responsibility. Mining companies have a clear responsibility toward preventing the spread of diseases within their workforce, but defining a similar role vis-à-vis local communities is less straightforward. From a corporate standpoint, investing in communities is critical for …
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Exporting labour abuses – Chinese mining companies in Zambia
It actually came from a casual worker at a Chinese-owned copper mine in Zambia. He was one of 95 mine workers employed at four copper mines run by Chinese state-owned companies who were interviewed in a new research report published by Human Rights Watch (HRW) this month. The 122-page report documents a wide-range …
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HH Opens Mimbula Mine – Zambia Chamber of Mines
President HAKAINDE HICHILEMA has commissioned Mimbula Copper Mine in Chingola with a call to residents to safeguard the mine. President HICHILEMA says the nine which has created 900 jobs is key to revenue generation, job creation and stabilizing the kwacha. The President also urged workers to resort to dialogue when …
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Barrick's Lumwana Miners in Zambia get 11 percent wage rise
Evans Mumba January 23, 2014 News Comments Off 4,166 Views. MORE than 1,000 unionised workers at Lumwana Copper Mines,a unit of Barrick Gold Limited have received an 11 percent wage increase with immediate effect, the Zambia's mining union's general secretary Joseph Chewe says. The upward adjustment for the miners, which comes into …
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Zambia's mining industry in 2023
I t's been a very promising year for mining in Zambia, with the sector attracting US$3.4 billion in investment commitments, doubling the pledges made in 2022.. As we reflect on 2023, Mr Sokwani Chilembo, CEO of the Zambia Chamber of Mines, tells us about the investments that have been made and the projects that are already …
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THE 4 INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND ITS …
THE 4TH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR MINING-DEPENDENT COUNTRIES No. 3 Cnr Rissik & Albert Streets, Alris Building, 2nd Floor, INSIGHTS FROM SOUTH AFRICA AND ZAMBIA Johannesburg, 2000 P.O. Box 32202, Braamfontein, 2017
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Why is outsourcing of over 4,000 mine workers happening at KCM?
They are set up to exploit and accumulate wealth for their owners, using whatever means they come across, including outsourcing of over 4,000 mineworkers. It is common knowledge that multinationals are naturally greedy and out to maximize profits in Zambia. The more ignorant the affected mineworkers are at KCM, the better for Vedanta …
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