Glencore’s Katanga Mining Sends Back 350 Contractors
Katanga Mining’s 75%-owned subsidiary Kamoto Copper Company (KCC) had sent the 350 Indian contractors from the mine site near Kolwezi to Lubumbashi, capital of Haut-Katanga province, to be repatriated, a source at KCC told Reuters.
Haut-Katanga governor Jacques Kyabula Katwe told Reuters: “There are about 300 Indians in Lubumbashi, they came from Kolwezi and are waiting for a plane to India”.
A Glencore spokesman declined comment.
Katanga Mining, which is 99.5% owned by Glencore, said on March 30 the commissioning of its acid plant at KCC had been delayed as travel restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic made it impossible to bring commissioning experts to the site.
It said the acid plant was expected to be commissioned in the second half of 2020 rather than the first half.
KCC had on March 23 repatriated 26 foreign workers in response to the Covid-19 outbreak.
