By ROGERS KALEROSMALL-SCALE miners who will receive K228m worth of equipment from Grizzly Mining Limited must work hard to boost the emerald sub-sector and grow the country’s economy, Mineworkers Union of Zambia (MUZ) President Joseph Chewe has saidMr Chewe said the idea by Grizzly Mining to give support to small-scale miners in Lufwanyama area of the Copperbelt was a positive development which Zambians in the emerald industry must utilise to the full.Last week, Grizzly Mining Limited committed to spend $10 million (K228 million) to procure mining equipment for small-scale emerald miners.The giant mining firm would procure the equipment on condition that the small-scale miners in Lufwanyama, numbering 600, form cooperatives and acquire a single mining licence.Mr Chewe, therefore, urged Zambians to always seize every opportunity to run various sectors of the economy starting from the mines to other sectors.He said small scale miners should receive the initiative with both hands to ensure that they could […]
MUZ URGES MINERS TO TAKE UP GRIZZLY’S K280M OFFER
