The four Chinese-run copper mining companies in Zambia are subsidiaries of China Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Corporation, a state-owned enterprise under the authority of China's highest executive body.
In recent years, relations between China and Zambia have been affected by the thorny question of Zambia's debt, more than half of which ($18.6bn) is due to China. According to the International Monetary Fund, the country's total debt stands at $32.8bn. Zambia and China finally agreed on a debt rescheduling plan in June.
In 2016, China's Ambassador to Zambia announced that the total value of Chinese investment in the country had grown to over US$5.2 billion. Zambia is rich in copper, lead, and zinc, and has deposits of uranium, coal, and gemstones. Chinese foreign direct investment there, which spans finance, mining, agriculture, construction, …
REUTERS. Officials in Zambia, Africa's largest copper producer, banned a Chinese mining company from running a $832 million project because it allegedly failed to comply with certain environmental ...
Zambia has detained 31 Chinese nationals for illegal mining in the African country's copper belt but has failed to provide strong proof of their crimes, a senior Chinese diplomat said as he lodged ...
Zambia's Minister of Mines Paul Kabuswe commended NFCA for transforming the Chambishi mine, which was once closed for 13 years, into a vibrant and focused mining company through the introduction ...
FDI remains dominated by large mining investments from Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, China and the United States, in addition to large infrastructure and other projects performed almost entirely by Chinese companies. Zambia's infrastructure, whose poor quality is a barrier to investment, should be strengthened by investments in the road ...
Chinese mining companies in Zambia, Africa's biggest copper producer, are routinely flouting laws designed to protect workers' safety and the right to organise, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on ...
LUSAKA, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- China-Zambia joint venture, Non-Ferrous Corporation Africa Mining PLC (NFCA), marked its 25 years of operation in Zambia's …
Sinomine finally starts producing key minerals for Chinese industry. Mining. Chinese public sector company Sinomine, which has until now provided geological, …
Xi Zhengping, chairman of China Non-ferrous Metal Mining Group, the parent company of NFCA, commended the NFCA for its technological advancement of the mining industry in the southern African nation. He said the company has adhered to the principle of extensive consultations, joint contributions, and shared benefits, and actively …
mining companies operating in Zambia's copper sector, the article aims to address the knowledge gap that remains in our understanding of Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) into Africa.1 The discussion holds particular relevance for Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) operating either as long-term inves
The Chinese mining giant China Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Company (CNMC) announced a plan to invest $1.3 billion in Zambia across a range of sectors. …
Though formally recognized by China's Ministry of Commerce in 2006, China's state-owned mining enterprise, China Non-Ferrous Metal Mining Company (CNMC) approached Zambia's government earlier in 2004 with a proposal for an industrial park. The ZCCZ is comprised of two sub-zones, the Chambishi MFEZ and the Lusaka …
Working conditions and labour practices at Chinese companies in six Southern African countries – Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), South Africa, Lesotho, Zambia and Zimbabwe – are the subject of a forthcoming Institute for Security Studies (ISS) report. The study focused on specific sectors in the six countries, …
Investment in Zambia's mining sector tripled in 2022 thanks largely to the introduction of various tax incentives in the new Government's first budget and the apparent commitment to maintaining a stable mining tax policy. In the first edition of our mining report, we focused on how Zambia's mining sector can rebuild trust among ...
Seven miners, including two Chinese nationals, have been trapped in a flooded mine in Zambia's Copperbelt province since Monday. They were among staff working at the Chinese-owned Macrolink copper ...
Chinese companies have already invested heavily in Zambia's mining sector, with China Nonferrous Metals Mining Group—purchased through an …
NFC Africa, majority owned by China Non-ferrous Metals Company Limited (CNMC), on Wednesday launched output at a new $832 million Zambian copper mine, extending the firm's lifespan by over 20 years.
Zambia has arrested 31 Chinese nationals for allegedly conducting illegal mining activities in the country's copper belt region. Zambia Home Affairs Minister Steven Kapyongo said that the Chinese nationals were arrested on this weekend after a probe operation was carried out in the mining area. According to Kapyongo, the Chinese …
Table 3, drawn from company reports for 2009, illustrates responses by non-Chinese mining companies in Zambia. All of the mines focused on cutting production costs, in one case by a sharp 52 per cent. As a result, the supply chains of the traditional mine buyers became increasingly price driven.
Updated 8:55 AM PDT, January 23, 2024. LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Authorities in Zambia said Tuesday they were frantically pumping water and mud from a Chinese-owned copper mine where seven miners were trapped underground. The two Chinese workers and five Zambian ones were caught on Monday when water and mud …
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Despite the massive number of Chinese lenders supporting the road debt crisis, Zambia's energy industry lacks this predatory investment. Only the Chinese Sinohydro emerged as the contractor for the Kafue Gorge Project and 76 percent of energy contracts, and only four new power … See more
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these two Chinese companies operating in Zambia's copper mining sector. Finally, I attempt to evaluate changes in the safety and environmental standards of these two companies. In Chapter 2, I review the current dominant conceptual and theoretical frameworks used in Sino-African and Sino-Zambian analyses of foreign investments.
It actually came from a casual worker at a Chinese-owned copper mine in Zambia. He was one of 95 mine workers employed at four copper mines run by Chinese state-owned companies who were interviewed in a new research report published by Human Rights Watch (HRW) this month. The 122-page report documents a wide-range …
According to our sources, the powerful China Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Corp (CNMC), which is headed in Beijing by Professor Lin Xiang Xiong, is preparing to …
Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals is in talks to sell a stake in its Zambian copper mines to Chinese state-owned Jiangxi Copper Corp, aiming to bolster the company's finances, a person ...
China Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Group Company (CNMC) has unveiled plans to inject an additional $1.3 billion into Zambia over the next five years, spanning …
The Chinese mining giant China Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Company (CNMC) announced a plan to invest $1.3 billion in Zambia across a range of sectors. The agreement, announced by CNMC chairperson Xi Zhengping, includes a $400 million investment in the Chambishi copper mine, run by its subsidiary Non-Ferrous Corporation …
However, international mining companies tend to internalise this induced linkage too, introducing tokens for employees to redeem at local shops or other amenities. ... Amongst our sample, all the Chinese companies operating in Zambia imported most of their inputs (see Chapter 8 for details). Similarly, the non-indigenous Zambian …
The training attracted managers, OSH representatives, and safety and health experts of Chinese and local mining companies which in total employ over 10,000 workers in Zambia . Representatives of key stakeholders, including the Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development, Zambia Chamber of Mines, Mine Workers Union of Zambia, …
China has invested more than $400m (£250m) in Zambia's mining industry, and Zambia earned $2.2bn from copper exports to China last year. The total trade between the two countries last year was $2 ...
CHINGOLA, Zambia, July 19 (Xinhua) -- China Copper Mine (CCM) has created hundreds of jobs for the local people since it started investment in Zambia's Chingola District in …
(Yicai Global) July 4 -- Chinese mining contractor JCHX Mining Management has secured a contract worth USD116 million to operate parts of Zambia's Lubambe Copper Mine for …
The DRC produces 70% of the world's cobalt, with most of that moving through Chinese companies from mining to refining. Chinese mining operations are focused in five African countries: the DRC, Guinea, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In those countries, Chinese mining operations strip away rainforest, pollute water sources …