China Non-Ferrous Metals Company (CMNC) has employed 820 former miners on six months contract basis before actual production resumes.
Speaking when Labour Deputy Minister Simon Kachimba called on him, CMNC -Luanshya mine team leader, Luo Xingeng said his mine had employed 820 former Luanshya mine workers.
Mr Xingeng said his company intends to employ over 4,000 people after the completion of maintenance works and upgrading of the obsolete equipment at the mine.
He said that when production resumes some time in January next year, the company will employ on permanent and pensionable conditions.
Mr Xingeng said his company has put aside US$ 374m to rehabilitate Baluba and the construction of the leaching plant and the Mulyashi open pit mine in the next two years.
He also said his company had ordered machinery for the construction of Mulyashi mine adding that the company would bring some Chinese engineers to help in the construction of the leaching plant.
And the deputy minister said government was happy with the investment CMNC was putting in the mine.
Mr Kachimba said the recapitalization the company was putting in the mine was testimony that CMNC was a serious investor.
He also expressed pleasure at the fast pace at which development was going on at the mine.
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Question is is he going to be beating his employees as other chineese do or is he going to give his employees good working conditions,thats safety,health benefits or just as usual chineese investor
Before i came to Europe, i always thought i walked fast, believe me when i came i found myself always left behind, now i have caught up with everything, so maybe Zambians need a bit of pushing…bu lazy bones bwachila, thats why fi Rupiya Bamba is rewarding thieves like Kafupi and 007 Chungu. So let Chinese kick butt…its ok.
These suckers are just waiting for copper prices to go up, what a smart move china man. Get the mine from our useless desperate GRZ at a give away price when the copper prices are low. Give an excuse of maintaining the equipment for not operating the mine (denying workers a living) and open it when the prices pick up. wake up zambian minister and smell the coffee!
This is a good development.
Here we go again… they all say the same
Info is they have recruite +1.5K Chinese.