First Quantum Minerals (FQM) has disclosed that it aims to fill technical and management positions at its USD2 billion Sentinel Mine, with Zambians.
This is contained in a statement made available to ZANIS in Lusaka today by the recruitment Officer at Sentinel Mine, Tracy Campbell.
Ms. Campbell said the move is in line with the mining company’s desire to ensure that benefits from the nation’s mineral wealth flowed to Zambians in a significant and sustained manner.
She said their aim is to ensure that they grow their business in such a way that Zambians benefit in a significant and sustained fashion.
Ms. Campbell said putting Zambians in technical and management positions at the iconic new mine is one vivid way of doing it.
She said they are sparing no effort in this critical effort to attract skilled Zambians locally and internationally.
Ms. Campbell said Sentinel Mine which is 120 kilometres west of Solwezi, has cutting-edge mining engineering requiring specialist know-how.
She said FQM already has a major effort underway to woo Zambian metallurgists, geologists and other specialists.
Ms. Campbell explained that the mine also requires Maintenance of the mine’s two mobile in-pit crushers that militate against fuel costs while increasing output.
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I checked your Website and the Position which are to b filled. Unfortunately I am not an Engineer I would ve rushed home for the Job.
All good but paying your fair share in tax to the treasury is what we are more interested in…not pledges they are just that “pledges” if the price of copper drops then pledges mean nothing…maybe the gullible ones will be jumping up and down with joy.
Actually FQM has been up to date with its tax obligations. The problem companies are Glencore and Vedanta.
@Goncalves – just wondering why you quick of the blocks to jump to the defence of the mining colgermerates everytime there is an article about them?
The headline on the article and the content speak different things, where is Kcm?
As for the assurance from this campbell lady, I think it is a joke. The first thing is that her job itself should be done by some one with a much more indigenous name. Recruitment officer by this name is an insult to the locals. The other major issue should be paying zambians the right wages. Expatriates are paid more than zambians even for the same skills and output! Is this a curse?
faza when our fellow zambian hold the position of recruitment officer they become corrupt.bafwaya ncekelako why.in the end its expatriates.
@SANKATA – It seems you don’t know white people they are masters of what you call nepotism!!
The story lacks detail and just seems to loudspeak whatever this campbell said. Cant Zambian journalists do some research and investigations so as to give us readers informed opinions?
i think the lady meant what she said,coz she told me all of these two weeks ago in ndola.shez a very good HR.
Zambian HR’s a corrupt.
Don’t talk about corruption talk about qualifications , when you are properly qualified no such language will bother you , your value will talk for it self