Zambian Mining Union Agrees to 12% Wage Increase With Jinchuan
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Zambia’s biggest mining union agreed to a 12 percent wage increase with Jinchuan Group Ltd. in a deal that sets a benchmark for the rest of the industry in Africa’s biggest copper producer.
The first 2014 pay agreement for the nation’s mining companies covers workers at the Chibuluma mine, Joseph Chewe, secretary general of the Mineworkers Union of Zambia, said by phone from Lusaka, the capital, today. Jackson Sikamo, general manager at Chibuluma, confirmed the wage deal by e-mail.