Sun, 18 Dec 2016 10:52:10 +0000 By Nation Reporter PROMPT action by First Quantum Minerals (FQM) road engineers has saved the troubled Solwezi-Chingola road from closure and restored access along the highway, which carries 60 percent of the nation’s mineral wealth to market, says head of government affairs John Gladston. Mr Gladston said FQM had completed rehabilitation work on most of the road – one of the most economically important arteries in Zambia, which threatened to be impassable in the current rainy season. “The work being done by First Quantum is serving to stabilise this road, previously in a parlous state and presenting a real and present danger to the mining sector and to those Zambians whose livelihoods depend on it, “This work is keeping the road open for business, but more importantly it is keeping it safe for the use of all Zambians,” said Mr Gladston. FQM has spent US$3 million so far […]
