Thursday 21 July 2011

MOPANI COPPER MINES TO SPEND US$10.5 MILLION ON IMPROVING TWO KEY ROADS IN ZAMBIA'S COPPERBELT PROVINCE

MOPANI COPPER MINES TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT IT IS SPENDING US$10.5 MILLION ON IMPROVING TWO KEY ROADS IN THE COPPERBELT.
THE ROAD RE-DEVELOPMENT PROJECT BEGAN IN MAY AND IS ALREADY MAKING PROGRESS.
IMPROVEMENTS TO CENTRAL, MINDOLO AND CHIBULUMA ROADS IN KITWE – A TOTAL OF 6.5KM – ARE TO BE FINISHED LATER THIS YEAR.
THESE IMPROVED ROADS WILL SERVE AS A MUCH NEEDED RING ROAD, ESPECIALLY FOR HEAVY TRUCKS PASSING THROUGH KITWE. IT IS DESIGNED TO FILTER TRAFFIC AWAY FROM ROAD BLOCKAGES IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT OF KITWE AND ALSO TO REDUCE PRESSURE ON THE ROADS WITHIN THE TOWN CENTRE.
IT WILL ALSO SERVE AS A LINK TO KALULUSHI WHICH IS A KEY MINING TOWN WEST OF KITWE.
WORK ON THE 19KM SABINA/MUFULIRA ROAD IS DUE TO BE COMPLETED BY THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2012.
MOPANI CEO, MR.  EMMANUEL MUTATI, SAYS THE MINING COMPANY IS PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THESE SUBSTANTIAL VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
MR. MUTATI ADDS THAT THE DILAPIDATED CENTRAL, MINDOLO, CHIBULUMA AND SABINA/MUFULIRA ROADS HAVE BECOME EXTREMELY PROBLEMATIC AND DANGEROUS FOR TRANSPORTERS AND COMMUTERS.
HE SAYS THE US$10.5MILLION IS BEING VERY WELL SPENT GIVEN THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF THESE ARTERIES TO THE COPPERBELT IN PARTICULAR, AND THE NATION AS A WHOLE.
MOPANI SPENT OVER US$15 MILLION ON ONGOING SOCIAL PROJECTS IN 2010 WHICH INCLUDE OPERATING TWO HOSPITALS, SEVEN TOWNSHIP CLINICS, FIVE FIRST-AID CENTRES AND PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AT NKANA AND MUFULIRA.
THE MINING COMPANY RUNS TWO SCHOOLS FOR 1,850 PUPILS, HIV AND MALARIA PREVENTION AND CONTROL PROGRAMMES, SUPPORTS LOCAL ORPHANAGES, CHARITIES AND SPORTS CLUBS.
SOME RETIRED MINERS HAVE ALSO BEEN SUPPLIED WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR POST-RETIREMENT EMPLOYMENT AT A MOPANI SUPPORTED FARM NEAR MUFULIRA.

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