Zambia Seizes Chinese-Owned Mine

The Zambian government has terminated the operations of a Chinese-owned coal mine for failing to comply with safety and environmental regulations.

Zambia: Zambia Revokes Chinese Coal Mining Licences

Zambia Reports, 21 February 2013

Zambia announced on Wednesday that it had revoked the licences for a controversial Chinese-owned coal mine in the south of the country in response to violations of safety and ... read more »

A worker on duty at a coal mine (file photo).

Zambia: Resource Nationalism - Zambia Seizes Control of Chinese Mine

Zambia Reports, 20 February 2013

In what may be a worrying sign of increasing resource nationalism, the Zambian government has with immediate effect cancelled the operating licence for the Chinese-owned Collum ... read more »
Zambia: Safety Gaps Threaten Copper Miners (press release)

Human Rights Watch, 20 February 2013

Workers in the copper mining sector in Zambia remain vulnerable to abuse, Human Rights Watch said today. New Human Rights Watch research found that the government of President ... read more »

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