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BREAKING NEWS : Commotion At Chambishi Copper Smelter ‘Erupt’ As Workers Block Kitwe-Chingola Road
COMMOTION arose this morning when more than 800 workers at Zambia’s Chinese-owned Chambishi Copper Smelter on the Copperbelt Province downed tools demanding a pay rise and improved conditions of service, bringing production at the plant to a halt.
A Tumfweko check found workers outside the plant chanting anti-management slogans and this morning blocked the Kitwe-Chingola road demanding improved conditions of service which they said was too ‘cruel’ to sustain their lives.
Quick response by the Zambia Police stopped the protesting workers from damaging property.
Chambishi Smelter is a joint venture of China Non-ferrous Metals Corporation (CNMC) and Yunnan Copper Industry about 370 km north of Lusaka, processes 150,000 tonnes of blister copper per annum.
The Chambishi smelter is located in an economic zone, where Zambian authorities are waiving taxes to attract investments and encourage value addition to raw copper.
Keep checking Tumfweko as we will keep you posted of any development to this regard….
Posted by Editor
on October 8, 2011. Filed under HEADLINES, LATEST NEWS.
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Faith
October 8, 2011 at 9:55 am
Oh fibi
Thy kingdom come
October 8, 2011 at 10:08 am
Its tough going
Thy kingdom come
October 8, 2011 at 10:09 am
Its tough going for our chinese investors.
BC
October 8, 2011 at 10:10 am
Please brothers and sisters let us wait and see what our able government will do to help us. Protests at this stage will only reflect bad on our new government. Just be patient one more time and watch these your genuine concerns be addressed amicably. Mr Shamenda , there is work to do now.
umuntu
October 8, 2011 at 10:13 am
Those guys deserve better salaries, they get starvation wages with poor working conditions.
Please leaders do something for the people.
Wren
October 8, 2011 at 10:14 am
Abo baisa, bane tekanyeni!
Candy
October 8, 2011 at 10:24 am
Those guyz at chambishi deserve somethng beter than wat they are getting.they ve suffered enough.hope our heven sent saint micheal lux into the matter.enough is enough.
Jones
October 8, 2011 at 10:25 am
Guyz y ar u so dull and impetient…!! De presido himself askd fo 90dayz n hes only 16dayz in office..wait afta he finishes swipn he wll atend 2 u mind shamenda he lookn n wrkn @ de minmum wage….bafikala gv de presido a chance 2 save yo asses.
Chipolopolo j
October 8, 2011 at 10:35 am
Shamenda alemendeka ama problems yenu chil guyz n wait 4 th rght time.
meswin
October 8, 2011 at 10:41 am
Let them give people what is duel to them,but guys don’t destroy anything because those thing are yours!
Chessey Maketula
October 8, 2011 at 10:49 am
I am a sectional engineer mechanical at NFC chambeshi and my monthly salary is ZMK1.9M , housing allowance ZMK410,000, tranpsort ZMK120,000 and medical ZMK60,000. I am a degree holder from Leeds University UK.
Mukelebai
October 8, 2011 at 10:58 am
Chinese are stingy.let them give the people what they is owed to them.Mines make alot of money from our minerals.Besides just a while ago mines where making super normal profits when a tonne of cooper was going @ about $9000.what happened to those profits?My Zambian workers still got the same peanuts.Thanks to the MMD regime.Pa maka
RB
October 8, 2011 at 11:06 am
ukose boyi. ekutemwa ukufoja amapepala!
Yola 200
October 8, 2011 at 11:18 am
Please fellow suffering zambians as much as I agree that we all need pay rise but there should be a better way of doing this not protesting. Violent protests will never take away the little that we have. let us focus on positive ways of solving problems
Chipata
dora the xplora
October 8, 2011 at 11:19 am
Guys tekanyeni naimwe!lekeni ba mwine babombe.they are oredy revising the minimum wage.its only bn a few days mwebantu.wt wl happen if we all go on strike?
proudzambian
October 8, 2011 at 11:33 am
shemende and co must quikly come out and give the unions an idea of what how and when they intend to improve the workers conditions (after negotiating with investers)instead of every co protesting just to make sure they are heard.
ccs employee
October 8, 2011 at 11:58 am
I stand to correct you,the guys who r protesting are not chambishi copper smelter ltd employees but employees for 15MCC a company which happens to be a contractor for Chambishi Copper Smelter Ltd.
bently2
October 8, 2011 at 12:11 pm
short chinese far-kin investors, u come to zed to steal metal, rear fake chinese birds n think u can get away with it…no no no , u are paying this time. besides, u have small deeks and not even a prostitute a can enjoy…far-k off to china.. no wonder H.E cycle matta said its not our problem that u r many. we want serious investors here.this time pa zed ni zee. pf we rule for life!!! we are the best in the boat. peace and am out!!!! i have even stopped eating chinese vegetable, how terrible
Dar es salaam
October 8, 2011 at 12:12 pm
REVOLUTION!This Zambian evolution is threatening
speed boat
October 8, 2011 at 12:23 pm
short chy-neese far-kin investas, u come to zed to steal metal, rear fake chy-neese birds n think u can get away with it…no no no , u are paying this time. besides, u have small dee-ks and not even a zed beach can enjoy…pharc off to chyna.. no wonder the presido said its not our problem that u r many. we want serious investas here.this time pa zed ni zee. pf we rule for life!!! we are the best in the boat. peace and am out!!!! i have even stopped eating chy-neese vegetable, how terribo
Katiya Toonse
October 8, 2011 at 12:32 pm
Sad
rightful
October 8, 2011 at 1:05 pm
A humble request to the Minister of Labour:
1.) Minimum wage for mining shall be K5,000,000. Going underground and working 12 hours in extreme heat demands good living wage.
2.) At the end of the year, all miners who are involved in ore digging shall be entitled to profit sharing equivalent to 10% of the profit of the mines.
3.) Miners shall be entitled to convert their profit sharing into shares of the mine at a price agreed in advance, but not more than 4-5 times of after tax profits of the mine. Zambians and for that matter the most important stakeholders, the workers shall be empowered, have ownership feeling with consequent benefits for the investors, government and future generations.
gabriel
October 8, 2011 at 2:45 pm
Let’s wait en see what comes out of the negociations and review by labour minister
kaunda
October 8, 2011 at 3:33 pm
Friends at Tumfweko please research properly before publishing a story. I operate from Chambishi Copper Smelter and production is going on smoothly as those people protesting are for 15MCC a Chinese construction company and as Iam writting, Iam inside the plant and everything here is normal as CCS workers have resolved to be patient and wait for our new government to resolve all outstanding issues and also to give our Labour and Mines Ministers more time to do what they can do to imrove our conditions as they have promised.
kamenga D
October 8, 2011 at 6:41 pm
plz people give shamande time to solve yo problems. Y is it that u re protesting when we have a right president in office? Y were u not protesting in rupia,s goverment? Wre u afraid of shooting? So give a gud president time do his work. He is got zambian at heart en he is not going to shoot u but dont take him for granted.
bongobongo
October 8, 2011 at 6:49 pm
More money in our pockets yakokola ukuchita materialize.Pa last kulusa patience ngefifine filechitika.Awe abena Shamenda bendesheko ukumendeka minimum wage.There is nothing wrong with striking if workers are not happy with their working conditions to press management to act fast.Infact it’s one of the tools at the workers disposal to inluence management to look into their plight pronto.
@rightful:nice suggestion,hope bakateka sata will adopt it so that wealth is distributed across the board.This looks like the only way ubunonshi bwingasalangana ku ma poor miners who have been working like slaves since independence.As if tatwapoka ubuntungwa,our people are still sufferers.Endesheniko ba boma because the clock is ticking fast.You are remaining with only 74 days to fulfil your promise of more money in our pockets.
shake_shake
October 8, 2011 at 8:37 pm
Maketula, yalikosa kuma chineese ai. And you are not Unionised, you happen to be one of the bosses.
dick
October 8, 2011 at 8:51 pm
Twachulasana expecialy in da hands of cheap Investors. Tufikala tufwile twapwamo,damn! We k’nt take dis nomore, Longeni ama bags mupyemo.
Michael pa borda
October 8, 2011 at 10:05 pm
Bafikala lundeni ipiiya. nishani?
Zima Ndola
October 9, 2011 at 5:55 am
The government should put a ban on the export of blister copper,because the they only tax copper on export while it contains other minerals like goldand cobolt that are more expensive than copper.
Tbn tripoli
October 9, 2011 at 11:14 am
why dont we chase all the chinas out of our country guys.
bemba tulateka
October 9, 2011 at 12:03 pm
Yes, it is out time to rule you. Be patient.
Megan
October 9, 2011 at 2:17 pm
I dnt blame the chinese invester!business is business, infact its good marketing for them! I mean btwn u and me given such an opportunity to pay workers peanuts,give the gvnt ka dyonko and at the end more money in my pockets, I can tek without thot.it the MMM weak gvnt policies that let us down complitly.they are to blame!!
Checkmate
October 9, 2011 at 3:49 pm
Given them an inch, they take a mile, this guys must get wat belongs to them period. Life is short after labouring for some years in the mines.
dot com
October 9, 2011 at 9:52 pm
let those fools get back to work,,,they do not deserve anything if they never went to school,,stupid
kash
October 9, 2011 at 11:00 pm
It’s Sad we have suffered enough in our own country. SA, America, etc they are consumers of chinese products its them who give china want they want. So let own govt give standards to the chinese industry.
BembaMan says
October 10, 2011 at 7:49 am
whether this news is true or false please increase the pay for these people especially that chambesi is in the economic zone where they dont pay taxes… please… please…. Shamenda ….. the job is here is calling… you dont need a commission of inquiry..