Strikes stop Kansanshi
- Publishing Date
- 04 Jan 2012 11:36am GMT
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- Mining Journal
Production at Kansanshi in Zambia, Africa’s largest copper mine, has been halted after workers on strike barricaded entrances to the operation on January 3.
The workers are reportedly demanding a 100% increase to their pay. “If we can’t mine copper then we can’t make profits and if we can’t make profits we cannot meet any demands the workers are making,” said Godfrey Msiska, a spokesman for the mine’s majority owner, First Quantum Minerals Ltd. “This issue has to be resolved by getting back to the negotiating table.”
The Zambian Minister for Mines, Wylbur Simuusa, said that he had dispatched messengers to arrange an emergency meeting with those striking, in the hope of ending a stoppage that has resulted in the lost production of approximately 700 t of copper ore each day.
First Quantum owns 80% of Kansanshi, with the remaining 20% owned by the state-controlled ZCCM Investments Holdings - Zambia earns approximately 80% of its foreign currency in copper exports. The mine employed 1,512 people during 2010.
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