Davies Ilunga is a passionate honey farmer from Northwestern Province, and the first full-time Field Supervisor at Nature’s Nectar, a sustainable honey company that was started in 2018. Mining For Zambia chatted to him about his beekeeping journey, and...
When Barrick Lumwana Mine agreed to build a new $5.5million dam on the Lumwana East River to provide clean drinking water for farmers and livestock, they had no idea it would end being much more.
“Initially, there were some concerns...
When President Hakainde Hichilema’s Government announced that, come 10 January 2022, education would be free for the country’s nearly 8 million children, it felt like a watershed moment to many Zambians, and a decision that would change the course...
In March 2019, Barrick Lumwana Mining announced the allocation of K1.3 million (approximately US$ 106,000) for this year’s sponsorship of Zambians in secondary and tertiary institutions. A total of 183 individuals have received scholarships under this programme, which targets...
ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEVER: During the construction of FQM’s Sentinel Mine, thousands of trees had to be cut down to clear the land. It was an unusual opportunity for FQM to build a sawmill that that employs local people and uses...
Let’s take a moment to look back at one of the 2019 success stories that’s worth celebrating: The farmers following Kansanshi’s Conservation Farming Program who have turned their subsistence farms into profitable businesses!
When, in 2010, Kansanshi Mining PLC offered...
To bring the best out of a rural school, building classrooms and providing textbooks are not enough; leadership training for teachers and headmasters is pivotal in unlocking a school’s full potential.
This is what First Quantum Minerals’ Kansanshi Mine in...
Many of us dream of a world in which girls are given as many opportunities as boys: opportunities to attend school, to stay in school, to be educated to the same standards and, ultimately, to fulfil their potential. But...
Far too many girls in Zambia stay at home each month because they’re menstruating. Fear of getting an unpleasant surprise at school because they’re unsure when to expect their period is just one of the reasons that girls skip...
Christmas came early this year for the children of the North-Western province village of Kyafukuma when a Toyota Hilux from FQM’s Kansanshi Mine drove up to the edge of the football field and unloaded 22 brand-new soccer jerseys and...
