Luanshya

Luanshya, which is the most affected mine, halted operations in December 2008 and is currently on care and maintenance, and up to 2,000 of its workforce has been laid off.

AllAfrica News: Latest 2009

Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC), which supplies power to the mines on the Copperbelt, also says the closure of mines such as Luanshya and Chambishi Metals will lead to a 15 percent reduction in its turnover.

AllAfrica News: Latest 2009

ZCCM-IH, which replaced the former mining parastatal in the late 1990s following the privatization of the country's mining sector, already holds minority stakes in copper mines including Mopani, Luanshya, Chambishi and Konkola.

Zambia Seeks Greater Mining Profits Nicholas Bariyo 2012

Luanshya Copper Mines, which had closed at the height of the global financial turmoil, was reopened in 2009 following its takeover by China Nonferrous Metals Co. The Chinese miner, which also has stakes in Chambishi Copper Mines and Chambishi Smelter, has since pledged to invest $600 million in Zambia by the end of 2012.

Zambia's President to Run in 2011 Elections Nicholas Bariyo 2011

Chiluba destroyed many lives and I know this for certain because I come from the copperbelt, Luanshya to be exact and I saw first hand the kind of confusion which arose during the privatisation era (people lost houses and Jobs and mining towns became Ghost towns). 


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China Nonferrous Metal Mining Group took over Luanshya Copper Mines last year, and has pledged to invest at least $350 million to develop the Mulyanshi Copper Mine.

Zambians Protest Shooting Nicholas Bariyo 2010

In the copper town of Luanshya, the mine, a Swiss-Israeli joint venture, fired all of its 1,740 workers in January.

Zambia's Economy Falls With Price of Copper 2009

Sarah Childress/The Wall Street Journal Since the January closing of the copper mine in Luanshya, Zambia, brick makers who had struggled to keep up with booming construction demand have lost most of their customers.

Zambia's Economy Falls With Price of Copper 2009

Zambia is working to find new investors to take over the closed Luanshya mine.

Zambia's Economy Falls With Price of Copper 2009

Miners in Luanshya -- some of whom had been making more than civil servants -- bought land and started building larger homes for their families.

Zambia's Economy Falls With Price of Copper 2009