Chambishi Metals scoops the 2017 Zambia Chamber of Mines Award for Occupational Health and Safety
A hearty congratulations to the Chambishi Metals team on their award presented at the Chamber of Mines’ Annual Mining Awards Gala held on 2 November in Ndola, Zambia. In competition with seven other mining companies, Chambishi Metals was recognised as the “Best performer in Occupational Health and Safety for the Year 2017”. Their hard work…
Read MoreBoss Mining: Kabolela Rehabilitation
ERGA’s commitment to the rehabilitation of closed sites includes the reforesting of the former Kabolela Mine at Boss Mining. In over 19 months, more than 25 000 plants were introduced. This is an impressive feat indeed, and the newly established Luitaville Nursery is gearing up to supply more for the next rainy season. The rehabilitation…
Read MoreWhen low voltage and stakeholder engagement yield high returns
The Sakania community, in southern DRC near the Zambian border, entered a new era of food security and trade opportunities on 25 July 2018. All thanks to years of intense effort by Frontier Mine and its stakeholder engagement policy. It’s a story that stretches back to 2012 when the south-east Congo climate created a maize…
Read MoreFrontier Mine – The Kabumba School Handover
Excitement was high when the new primary school at Kabumba was handed over to the community on 25 May this year. The ceremony was conducted by John Robertson (General Manager, Frontier Mine), the Administrator of the Sakania Territory Antoine Luwa Liyolelo, the Chief and Development Committee of Kabumba, as well as the teachers of the…
Read MoreERG’s Sustainable Development Report 2017
Eurasian Resources Group is fully committed to being a sustainable and responsible business and we are proud of the progress we have made. The theme of our 2017 Report – Embedding Sustainability – reflects ERG’s journey to achieve integrated sustainability across all areas of our business to ensure we generate sustained, shared benefits for all…
Read MoreERG achieves credit rating upgrade from Moody’s
ERG has received another uptick from a leading international credit rating agency, with Moody’s improving the Group’s long-term credit rating to B2 with a ‘positive outlook’. This announcement follows Standard & Poor’s upgrade of the Group’s credit rating to ‘B’ on 27 June 2018. Both upgrades have been awarded on the basis of ERG’s continued…
Read MoreHer kids are her world
Edina Lungu, Artisan Boilermaker at Chambishi Metals since 2014, has a daughter (nine) and a five-year-old boy and says, “They are my world.” Edina has a trade test certificate in Boilermaking Engineering and a Mechanical Plant Fitting Craft certificate under her belt. Like so many other working mothers she admits it’s a challenge to find…
Read MoreDRC Mining Week
The much-anticipated DRC Mining Week took place from 13 to 15 June 2018. Luck Mumba (Head of Community and Responsible Mining Development at Metalkol RTR) represented the company by chairing one of the sessions tackling the topic of artisanal and illegal mining. Luck was recognised by the organisers as one of the best chairpersons at…
Read MoreWorld Environment Day: Beat Plastic Pollution
World Environment Day was celebrated internationally on 5 June with the theme “Beat Plastic Pollution”. As part of ERGA’s efforts to do exactly that, we organised a plastic collection competition at our Metalkol RTR project to combat one of the great challenges in the world – plastic waste. The competition’s overall goal was to do…
Read MoreFollow your own dreams
Cynthia Kawele, a copper engineering Plant Fitter at Chambishi Metals since 2015 was born and bred in Chingola. She attended Kabundi High School where her favourite subjects were Biology and Physics, and she expected to go into nursing. But when a vacancy came up at Kokola Copper Mines, an uncle who had always taken an…
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