After a decade-long delay, work on First Quantum Minerals’ Sulphide No. 3 (S3) expansion project at Kansanshi Mine is now back on track. The project is expected to create almost 2,000 jobs at its peak, and FQM is taking steps...
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The Government has praised First Quantum Minerals (FQM) for empowering 338 of its employees, local traditional leadership, the community and the government through ownership of land at its former Bwana Mkubwa mine in Ndola. The return of land this week...
In June, First Quantum Minerals Ltd. announced that it would be consolidating First Quantum Mining Operations Limited’s (FQMO) Road and Earthworks Division, Mining Division and related supporting services with operations at Kansanshi Mining Plc (KMP).
Production of concentrate has begun at First Quantum Minerals’ new Enterprise nickel mine in Kalumbila, North-Western Province. The first off-take comes a year after President Hakainde Hichilema commissioned the mine, launching Zambia’s journey to becoming a key player in the...
Kansanshi Mining PLC, also known as Kansanshi Mine, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the North Western Water Supply and Sanitation Company Limited (NWWSSCL) to ensure the provision of piped water to the Mushitala community located on...
First Quantum Minerals' investments and expansion projects in Zambia have drawn the interest of financiers in the region who recently toured its mine sites in Kalumbila and Solwezi to familiarise themselves with its operations.
FQM Zambia’s new Country Manager Dr Godwin Beene has urged job seekers to follow the correct channels for employment applications and warned people not to be duped by fake messages purporting to be from senior company officials.
FQM Trident Limited, a subsidiary of First Quantum Minerals, has signed a collective bargaining agreement with four unions; the National Union of Miners and Allied Workers (NUMAW), Mine Workers Union of Zambia (MUZ), Miners and Allied Workers Union (MAWU)...
Mining industry stalwart Dr Godwin Beene has been appointed Country Manager of First Quantum Minerals in Zambia, taking over from General Kingsley Chinkuli, who will continue with the company on an advisory basis.
FQM has handed over 87,000 books to the Ministry of Education in the Solwezi District of North Western Province. This generous donation will go to benefit vulnerable learners in 34 schools within the district, providing them with access to...