Dear Editor, It has now taken many months after the Zambian government decided to get the mining business from Vendata to run Konkola cooper mines (KCM). People are wondering what is going on? When do we expect a new investor as promised? Chingola, Chililabombwe and Kitwe have become ghost towns. It is not only the […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) says there is increased production at it’s mine in Nampundwe. The mine said that it has increased production to over 5,000 tonnes during the second quarter of the year. Nampundwe a pyrite mine in Shibuyunji has increased production since the beginning of the 2020/2021 Financial Year in April, […]
By JOHN SAKALA Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) Provisional Liquidator Milingo Lungu says not all debt owed by KCM to the stakeholders has been paid off. Mr Lungu was clarifying a report carried in the Daily Nation newspaper edition of August 17, 2020 in which he was quoted on some issues surrounding the liquidation of the […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Konkola Copper Mine (KCM) has assured parents with children at Kapisha Primary School that their children are safe. Parents with children at Kapisha Primary were stopping their children from attending classes because of the impending caving in the ground at Nchanga Open pit as the school is in the same area. Speaking […]
By Staff Writer Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) wishes to inform all its stakeholders that the sloughing (Caving in of ground) following slope instability within a section of the Nchanga Open Pit (NOP) Cut 2 in Chingola started to occur as predicted, and there is no threat to the safety of employees or people in nearby […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Mines and Minerals Development Minister Ricard Musukwa says that the impending caving in of the ground at Nchanga open pit cut 2 is a matter of Government concerned. Mr Musukwa said government has been following keenly the events around the impending caving in of the slough at Konkola Copper Mine. Speaking at […]
By JOHN SAKALAKonkola Copper Mines (KCM) General Manager for Corporate Affairs Shapi Shachinda says the moving ground at Nchanga Open Pit is accelerating to collapse. Mr Shachinda said the slough (caving in of ground) has negligibly continued to head to its fall though at a slow stage. Speaking to The Independent Observer yesterday, Mr Shachinda […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Chingola Mayor Titus Tembo has warned the people encroaching on Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) land to stop it immediately. Mr Tembo said the Chingola Council will not allow unscrupulous people giving out plots in mine area. The Mayor together with a team from KCM visited an area beyond Lulamba Township to ascertain […]
By JOHN SAKALA Konkola Copper Mines acknowledges having seen a media statement, dated May 29, 2020, issued by the Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) in which it indicates that it intends to switch off power supply to KCM with effect from June 1, 2020.
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to Chingola Municipal Council towards the fight against corona virus worth K40, 000. Chingola Council will this Saturday 11th April, 2020 roll out the cleaning, disinfecting and fumigation of markets and bus stations in the district, including major streets, roads and drainages […]
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