FIRST Quantum Minerals is to retrench 2,500 staff at its Zambian facilities in the first quarter of 2019 following the southern African country’s plans to increase mining taxes, according to Reuters. The layoffs will affect 1,250 employees at the Kansanshi mine in Solwezi and 1,250 at the Sentinel mine at Kalumbila, said Reuters. Zambia’s local […]
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