The specific estimated number of ASM miners in Zambia is unknown but collectively the sector is estimated to employ 13 million people, and provide livelihoods for over a 100 million people in sub-Saharan …Web

duction has contributed much to Zambia's high economic growth rates. Recent geo-logical analysis suggests that the deposits of copper in Zambia are larger than …Web

However, mining activities have adverse effects especially at local scale, with high potential to outweigh benefits if poorly managed. This study applied a livelihood vulnerability analytical framework to assess the vulnerability of local communities in Zambia's Solwezi copper mining district.Web

Mining plays a major developmental role both economically and socio-politically in many countries that are blessed with mineral resource and Zambia is not an exception (Kumar, 2016). Thus, the mining sector in Zambia is a major revenue contributor towards the economy of the country (Kumar, 2016). It is an extractive industry andWeb

Zambia has struggled to mitigate the environmental damage that is a by-product of its copper mining activity. In our research, we use a literature review and expert interviews to analyze the extent to which the Zambian government fulfils its duty to manage the environmental effects of copper mining. We then analyze our findings in the context ofWeb

Mining resources (mainly copper), whose extraction and export were initiated during colonial times, have played an important role in the economy of Zambia, a …Web

Mining in Zambia has been a major contributor to air and water pollution, and land degradation. Sulphur dioxide and particulate emissions from smelting and refining activity in the Copperbelt region of Zambia are the leading air quality issues, while effluent from mill tailings and waste dumps draining intoWeb

Mining prospectors in Luapula Province, northern Zambia, have forced small-scale farmers from their land at gun point, according to villagers in the region. "We have a lot of battles going on over land; people's right to land is being violated by manganese miners, time and again," said Ignatius Musenge of the Zambia Land …Web

ASM in Zambia is known for high levels of formalisation. The World Bank's (2016) Mining and Governance review rates the extent to which ASM operators are allowed to legally operate in Zambia as 'Very High' (4.0 out of 4.0). This is if formalisation is understood as legalisation or the granting of legal title.Web

Zambia is among the top 10 copper producers in the world. Chingola, which is around 400 kilometers (250 miles) north of the capital, Lusaka, has large open-pit mines, some of them stretching for kilometers …Web

Zambia has a lot other areas with copper where mining activities can go ahead. Why in the National Park? Same with the Kasanka NP threat from the agriculture activities in the GMA.Web

Mineral. Royalty payable. Copper. 5.5 per cent when the norm price is less than US$4,500 per tonne; 6.5 per cent when the norm price is US$4,500 per tonne or more but less than US$6,000 per tonne ...Web

Zambia is among the top 10 copper producers in the world. Chingola, which is around 400 kilometers (250 miles) north of the capital, Lusaka, has large open-pit mines, some of them stretching for ...Web

Illegal mining syndicates, called jerabo gangs, in the Copperbelt province employ children for mining activities, including forcing children to load trucks with stolen copper ore. (1,17) Commercial sexual exploitation of children is common, particularly along Zambia's borders and transit corridors. (1,13) Research indicates thatWeb

mining activities have led to large influx of workers together with their families in Solwezi town. The population pressure has resulted into increased expansion in spontaneous settlements and ...Web

Nchanga copper mine near Chingola, Zambia. Image by BlueSalo via Wikimedia Commons ( CC BY-SA 3.0 ). In 2021, Indian mining giant Vedanta agreed to settle claims Zambian villagers brought against ...Web

The study explores and assesses mining and its environmental and social impacts on communities within which mining activities take place. The focus is on a mining community in Chingola, Zambia ...Web

The power, rail and road projects that enable mining activity can provide the backbone to make other economic activities competitive. "Downstream" linkages are also possible – delivering the mining firm's …Web

Similarly, the mining sector is Zambia's most sensitive economic sector owing to its linkage to the export market, and copper contributes about 70% of foreign earnings . ... and the ambient air affecting the growth pattern and well-being, especially for children. For decades, mining activities including construction, exploitation, ...Web

The Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) just has to continuously monitor the copper mining activities and ensure that we do not have a repeat of KCM's pollution of Kafue river. 5.Web

Zambian Company Location Controlling Company Country Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) PLC, Konkola Deep, Nchanga Tailings Chililabombwe & Chingola Vedanta/ZCCM (GRZ) India/UK/Zambia Mopani Copper Mine PLC, Nkana and Mufulira Mines Kitwe & Mufulira Glencore ( Swiss, 73%), Xstrata/ First Quantum (13%) / ZCCM/GRZ …Web

Mining activities thus pose significant challenges for most people in Africa. In Zambia, a developing country in sub-Saharan Africa, mining operations have been in existence since the early twentieth century (Fessehaie, 2012). Early mining activities carried out in Zambia from the 1920s to the 1970s relied heavily on timber andWeb

Workers move batches of copper sheets, which are stored in a warehouse to be loaded on trucks, in Mufulira, Zambia, on July 6, 2016. Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images. February 8, 2023, 1:00 AM ...Web

The World Bank-funded $65.6 million Zambia Mining and Environmental Remediation and Improvement Project (ZMERIP), aims to reduce environmental health risks in critically polluted mining areas. The project specifically targets the communities living …Web

1. Enhance geological mapping and mineral resource exploration to increase commercial exploitation of mineral resources in Zambia: This has been necessitated by the fact that despite a conceited realization of exploration as being the precursor of mining activities, just about 55% of the country has been mapped. 2.Web

The women and youth dominated space of artisanal small-scale mining (ASM) presents many opportunities for innovation, development and stimulation of the local fabrication and manufacturing …Web

Therefore, in conducting mining activities in Zambia, mining operators should be innovative and willing to invest in mining technology and qualified human resources to ensure that improved and more efficient processes are used to meet the social demands and new opportunities created by growing populations. New technologies and …Web

Copper mining in Zambia is an enclave activity, both technically and spatially, and as mining in Zambia moved deeper underground it became increasingly capital- and import-intensive, so that forward and backward market linkages with the domestic economy beyond the local environs weakened. Fiscal and quasi-fiscal instruments became increasingly ...Web