SAVE JOBS, STOP MINE CLOSURE, GOVT URGEDBy ROGERS KALEROOVER 3, 000 jobs will be lost at Baluba Mine in Luanshya if the Chinese-owned mining company closes next year, the Mine workers Union of Zambia (MUZ) has warned.MUZ president Joseph Chewe called on Government to intervene into the pending closure of Baluba Mine to save the more than 3, 000 jobs where the owners claimed that they had exhausted all copper reserves, prompting the decision to halt mining operations by the end of next year.Baluba Mine is CNMC Luanshya Copper Mines (LCM) largest employer in the district.CNMC LCM Deputy Chief Executive Officer Robert Kamanga claims that the mining company had exhausted all copper reserves at the mine prompting the decision to halt mining operations by the end of next year.MUZ President Joseph Chewe said the “New Dawn” government of President Hakainde Hichilema must intervene into the pending closure of Baluba Mine to save the more than […]
SAVE JOBS, STOP MINE CLOSURE, GOVT URGED
