Kagem Mining Limited (Kagem) has handed over ZMW 38 million (USD 1.5 million) to the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC). The funds represent dividends from 2023 to the government’s investment arm, which owns 25% of the shares in what is...
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Schoolchildren in Lufwanyama District have received an additional boost with the commissioning of newly built classroom blocks and other facilities at Bulaya Secondary School. The new facilities include two 1x3 classroom blocks - one of which had been started by...
The once unconventional sight of a woman skilfully operating heavy-duty machinery at a mine is now becoming commonplace at Kagem Mining. Kagem is striving towards increased diversity and inclusion within its workforce, changing gender stereotypes in mining.
Groups of small-scale farmers in Lufwanyama have shown their appreciation of Kagem Mining for the provision of fertiliser to aid production for the 2023/24 farming season. The mine, which supports eight farming cooperatives comprising a total of 194 members,...
Kagem Mining and Gemfields Foundation, the charitable arm of Kagem’s majority owner and operator - Gemfields, has handed over a newly constructed block with three classrooms and a fully equipped solar powered computer lab to Lufwanyama’s Kapila Primary School...
The economic impact of the mining sector in Zambia and Mozambique was highlighted at the Mozambique-Zambia Business Forum in Beira, when President Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia and President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi of Mozambique visited the joint presentation of Kagem Mining and Montepuez Ruby Mining (MRM).
Kagem Mining Limited has delivered a USD 5 million dividend to the Zambian government’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) Limited, which owns 25% of the emerald mining company in Lufwanyama.
Kagem has completed expansion work at the Masasa Primary School in Lufwanyama, reflecting its ongoing commitment to supporting local education.
Kagem’s parent company Gemfields has unveiled a new partnership with emerald specialist brand House of Meraki to showcase a jewellery collection that features emeralds sourced from the Lufwanyama-based mine.
Lufwanyama-based Kagem Mining continued to put Zambia’s gemstones at the forefront of world demand this week as it unveiled a giant 37kg cluster of emeralds.