By JOHN SAKALA Lubambe Copper Mine unionized employees have been awarded 11 per cent salary increment effective January 1, 2021. This means the lowest employee at the mine will now be getting close to K5, 000. Mineworkers Union of Zambia President Joseph Chewe said the obligation of the union is to make its members happy […]
By JOHN SAKALA ‘Nothing succeeds like hard work,’ President Edgar Lungu has told Lubambe Copper Mine (LCM) employees. President Lungu said once there is hard work, there is more production which benefits the entire country. “I need to tell you that we are into this together because, the more you produce, the better for the […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBELubambe Copper Mines has completed the US $750 million extension project. This will see the mine’s production increased to 235 metric tonnes of copper and cobalt ore per year thereby extending mine’s life span to 30 years. Lubambe Copper Mines Chief Executive Officer Nick Bowen said the expanded mine contains an estimated 8.5 […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Chingola woke up to a rude shock as the people of Chiwempala ran amok rioting and looting. This comes barely a few days when the community rioted and looted some shops and set ablaze houses and vehicles of Isaac Munkondya. The residents apprehended a man coming from his drinking spree purporting is […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Chililabombwe Deputy Mayor Gift Musukwa has commended Lubambe Copper Mines for its continuous engagement in the Keep Zambia clean campaign. Mr Musukwa said a healthy nation is a wealthy nation where he urged the residents of Konkola to fully participate in the activity which takes place every Saturday. He said Chililabombwe council […]
By JOHN SAKALA Chililabombwe Member of Parliament Richard Musukwa in collaboration with the National Traders and Marketeers Association of Zambia (NATMAZ) and Chililabombwe Municipal Council have started road mending. The remedial measures are aimed mitigating the deplorable state of roads in former ZCCM Townships and the Chingola-Chililabombwe international route. Mr Musukwa who has donated 10 […]
By Daniel Sichinga Patriotic Front (PF) youths on the Copperbelt have expressed gratitude to Lubambe Copper Mine (LCM) for empowering the youths in Chingola and Chililabombwe. Reacting to LCM’s move to empower youths in the two districts with an easy to do business venture, Copperbelt PF Province Youth Chairperson Don Mungulube saluted the mine. Mr […]
By JOHN SAKALA Lubambe Copper Mine (LCM) is building new modern clinic to provide primary health care. The contract to build a clinic has been given to a Chingola based contractor Bamcom Projects valued at K750, 000. Lubambe Communications Manager Loyce Saili said the signing of the contract with this local contractor shows the commitment […]
By JOHN SAKALA Lubambe Copper Mine has empowered the youths of Chingola and Chililabombwe with easy to do business venture. The mine has signed a one-year contract with Lagom Multi-purpose cooperative for the procurement of its scrap metal. The contract will enable the cooperative to procure scrap metal from Lubambe Mine and resale the items […]
By JOHN SAKALA Lubambe Copper Mine (LCM) has achieved an astonishing record of going for 210 days without lost time injury at the places of work. LCM Chief Executive Officer Nick Browen said 210 days without lost time injury is a world class achievement in an underground mining globally. Speaking during the Lubambe Special Ukusungana […]
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Alice Nachilembe
