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Glencore supports World Day against Child Labour 1 Mining in DRC Artisanal mining Copper Corporate social responsibility 

Glencore supports World Day against Child Labour

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Glencore recognises the ILO-sanctioned World Day Against Child Labour and its theme ‘Social Justice for All. End Child Labour’. With two industrial copper cobalt assets in the DRC, Kamoto Copper Company (KCC) and Mutanda Mining (MUMI), Glencore operates in a geography that is faced with child labour issues associated with artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). While KCC and MUMI do not process, buy or trade ASM material, Glencore believes that ASM can play an important and sustainable role in the DRC economy when carried out responsibly and transparently. The company, in partnership with others,… Read More Here
FQM’S DIET PROGRAMME SET TO IMPROVE NUTRITION IN N/W PROVINCE  2 Mining in Zambia Corporate social responsibility 

FQM’S DIET PROGRAMME SET TO IMPROVE NUTRITION IN N/W PROVINCE 

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Good nutrition is a significant focus of the health literacy programme being championed by First Quantum Minerals in North-Western Province. The initiative is part of FQM’s community development programmes aimed at supporting the government’s efforts to improve the health and wellness of people in rural areas through private-public partnerships.  FQM through its Health and Wellness Department has partnered with the Ministry of Health to train women in and around the mine’s catchment areas on how to prepare nutritious meals for their families from locally grown food. “We are running community services, and… Read More Here
Gemfields Foundation equips Chapula Secondary School with 20 computers 3 Mining in Zambia Corporate social responsibility 

Gemfields Foundation equips Chapula Secondary School with 20 computers

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Gemfields Foundation, the charitable arm of Kagem’s majority owner and operator Gemfields, has provided Chapula Secondary School, in Lufwanyama, with 20 computers in its effort to enhance digital literacy and information and communications technology related skills among pupils and future professionals. Additionally, Kagem has funded and arranged the provision of internet access. The Raspberry Pi computers are known for their user-friendly operating system and ability to enable users, of all ages, to explore computing and programming which is especially useful in a school setting.  This provision forms part of Kagem and Gemfields’… Read More Here
Kansanshi Mining signs MOU to provide Piped Water to Mushitala community 4 Mining in Zambia Corporate social responsibility 

Kansanshi Mining signs MOU to provide Piped Water to Mushitala community

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In its continued quest to improve the welfare and livelihood of the host communities, Kansanshi Mining PLC. “Kansanshi Mine” has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the North Western Water Supply and Sanitation Company Limited (NWWSSCL) for the provision of piped water to the Mushitala community, along the Old Congo Road in Solwezi District. In this MOU, Kansanshi Mine shall provide to NWWSSCL a Grant, in the sum of Six million, six hundred thousand Kwacha (ZMW 6.6 Million) worth of material and financial support, towards the project. On the… Read More Here
Anglo American partners with Wits University to transform the Johannesburg Planetarium into a world-class digital hub for public benefit 5 Environment Social Governance (ESG) Corporate social responsibility International 

Anglo American partners with Wits University to transform the Johannesburg Planetarium into a world-class digital hub for public benefit

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Anglo American and the University of the Witwatersrand (“Wits”) yesterday launched a partnership to refurbish, expand, and digitalise the 62-year-old Johannesburg Planetarium into a modern, multidisciplinary research, training, and science education hub. The refurbishment of the historical Johannesburg Planetarium into the new Wits Anglo American Digital Dome will support efforts towards digitalisation and the regeneration of the City of Johannesburg as a smart city. Designed by leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) researchers, scientists, digital artists and quantum computing engineers, the Digital Dome will enable university students and the broader public to… Read More Here
Eurasian Resources Group and the University of Kolwezi develop curriculum to meet mining skills demand in the DRC  6 Environment Social Governance (ESG) Corporate social responsibility Mining in DRC 

Eurasian Resources Group and the University of Kolwezi develop curriculum to meet mining skills demand in the DRC 

Copperbelt Katanga News
The collaboration, culminating in the ERG Mining Academy, will enhance engineering degrees through a unique post-graduate programme to build critical mining-related competencies Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) and the University of Kolwezi (UNIKOL) have partnered to launch the ERG Mining Academy, with its first student intake in January 2023. The collaboration will see UNIKOL partnering with global teaching institutions, such as the University of Mons, and ERG as an industry partner, to develop a post-graduate engineering curriculum with a focus on exploration, geology, metallurgy, mining and cross-cutting subjects, including ESG. Benedikt… Read More Here
<strong>NGO SURVEY COMMENDS FQM FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT</strong> 7 Mining in Zambia Corporate social responsibility Environment Social Governance (ESG) 

NGO SURVEY COMMENDS FQM FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Copperbelt Katanga News
SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA – A survey by the Extractive Industry Transparency Alliance (EITA) has commended First Quantum Mineral’s Kansanshi Foundation for the quality of its community engagement, particularly on its water quality projects. The survey came as the mining company’s community action team in Solwezi redoubled its efforts to complement the government’s work in improving the health, education and quality of life of its citizens in communities surrounding its mining operations in North-Western Province. FQM has spent more than US$100 million on its sustainability and community development programmes including construction of classroom… Read More Here
FQM UNVEILS SOLWEZI’S NEWEST BEACON FOR EDUCATION AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT   8 Mining in Zambia Corporate social responsibility Environment Social Governance (ESG) 

FQM UNVEILS SOLWEZI’S NEWEST BEACON FOR EDUCATION AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT  

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SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA – First Quantum Minerals has handed over the newly built ultra-modern Philip Pascall Chapel and Theatre (PPCT) to Trident College, one of three Kansanshi Mining-supported schools in Solwezi. The multi-million-dollar facility, which acts as a chapel, conference hall and arts centre, took a total of 13 months to complete. Part of its purpose is to serve as a meeting centre for the college but also for the wider community of Solwezi.  The handover ceremony was graced on behalf of Her Honour, the Republican Vice President by the Minister of Commerce, Trade and… Read More Here
ZAMBIAN GOVT PRAISES SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS FROM FQM 9 Mining in Zambia Corporate social responsibility Environment Social Governance (ESG) 

ZAMBIAN GOVT PRAISES SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS FROM FQM

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SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA – The government has commended First Quantum Minerals for the work it is doing in ensuring that not only its employees and their families, but communities around its projects in Zambia benefit from the positive impact of its mining activities.The government has also noted that the mining firm’s social and economic development interventions it has been undertaking, are aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals, a move that puts the company at the forefront of best practices in private sector social investment locally and globally.Speaking during the hand over of a… Read More Here
SICOMINES focuses on training “talents” to develop the mining industry in the DRC 10 Mining in DRC Corporate social responsibility Environment Social Governance (ESG) 

SICOMINES focuses on training “talents” to develop the mining industry in the DRC

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La Sino congolaise des mines (SICOMINES), a mining company owned by the Congolese and Chinese Governments, announces the training of talents to hope for the development of the mining industry in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). On its Twitter account, the company announces the development of technology in its facilities to hope to win the bet. A situation which, if it continues, could contribute significantly to the emergence of the mining sector in the DRC. “ The SICOMINES SA plant develops first-class advanced technology that focuses on safe, green and harmonious… Read More Here

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