First Quantum Says 520 Zambia Workers Affected as Contract Ends
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First Quantum Minerals Ltd. said 520 workers are affected after Canada’s biggest copper producer terminated a contract with Chantete Mining Services at its largest mine in Zambia.
“This termination is the result of significant overcapacity of the current mining fleet, in relation to mining volumes which have reduced, in line with Kansanshi’s mine plan,” Kansanshi Mining Plc, a unit of Vancouver-based First Quantum, said today in an e-mailed statement.