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MUZ To Set Up Milling Plant
THE Mineworkers Union of Zambia (MUZ) has invested US$2 million to construct a milling plant in Kalulushi’s Chambishi township which will be producing 150,000 bags of 25 kilogramme mealie-meal per day.
The milling plant, whose works have started, is expected to create over 100 jobs for the local people and help to cushion the price of mealie-meal on the Copperbelt.
MUZ general secretary Joseph Chewe said in an interview on Monday that the milling plant will be managed by Shimaini Investment Limited, a company that has been established to specifically operate the activities of the enterprise.
“As MUZ, we are building a milling plant in Chambishi and works have really advanced. We want to venture into mealie-meal production to cushion the price of mealie-meal here on the Copperbelt.
“The milling plant will have the capacity to produce 6,000 by 25 Kilogramme bags of mealie-meal per day, which will be supplied to the miners as well as offloading it on the market,” Mr Chewe said.
He said some of the maize to feed the milling plant will be supplied by the retrenched miners from Mopani Copper Mines who will soon start venturing into farming.
“This milling plant will give hope to our miners who were retrenched in the mines. Once the former miners start their farming activities, they can be supplying maize to the milling plant,” he said.
Mr Chewe said MUZ’s plan is to diversify activities and not only to depend on membership subscription fee as the only source of revenue.
“With the economic hardships facing the mining sector [because of miners] losing jobs, we have to start thinking about other business ventures to sustain our operations,” he said.
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on December 24, 2015. Filed under BREAKING NEWS.
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mj banda
December 24, 2015 at 3:09 am
During PF tenure people have started thinking and not just cry babies
Broken Hill Man
December 24, 2015 at 9:20 am
BA Tumfweko be consistent and factual, at first you say a plant will have a capacity to produce 150,000 bags of 25 Kg per day and again you say 6,000 bags of 25Kg per day ! which is which now?
Mukacinje ishina lya news ati “Makani”
observer
December 24, 2015 at 9:58 am
No one will bring development apart from ourselves being involved in the all sector of our economy. Not even hh is capable of doing that. Let’s preach the right massage to our people.
silencer
December 24, 2015 at 11:28 am
THIS IS A WELCOME MOVE.PEOPLE SHOULD BE THINKING LIKE THIS LETS SHAME HH THE MASONIST A SPECIALIST IN CRITCISM,A CRY BABY,CHUMBBU MUNSHOLOLWA ETC.
kaponya mu nchende
December 24, 2015 at 5:06 pm
Bakamba ba silencer mwa voka saana. Mwachambafye bwino nomba mwalufyanya pakulekelesha. Ifintu ifi nipa lolo che……kutashafye mwachitako na encourage such ventures noti mwabikapo naka criticism pa last…
mm
December 25, 2015 at 6:10 am
Ba muz it seems you have made so much money from miners contributions.
Br
December 25, 2015 at 11:24 am
Muposeko amano.then tell ama chinese ku 15mcc ku luanshya balunde ka ndalama.
Big Nose
December 25, 2015 at 5:23 pm
reduce to k3500 not ati k7500 nangu k 6000 it will not be reducation becos pf found the price of 25kg bag at k 3500
Critical Analyser
December 25, 2015 at 11:40 pm
Solidarity forever! Viva MUZ