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Edina Lungu, Artisan Boilermaker at Chambishi Metals since 2014, has a daughter (nine) and a five-year-old boy and says, “They are my world.” Edina has a trade test certificate in Boilermaking Engineering and a Mechanical Plant Fitting Craft certificate under her belt. Like so many other working mothers she admits it’s a challenge to find…

The much-anticipated DRC Mining Week took place from 13 to 15 June 2018. Luck Mumba (Head of Community and Responsible Mining Development at Metalkol RTR) represented the company by chairing one of the sessions tackling the topic of artisanal and illegal mining. Luck was recognised by the organisers as one of the best chairpersons at…

World Environment Day was celebrated internationally on 5 June with the theme “Beat Plastic Pollution”. As part of ERGA’s efforts to do exactly that, we organised a plastic collection competition at our Metalkol RTR project to combat one of the great challenges in the world – plastic waste. The competition’s overall goal was to do…

Cynthia Kawele, a copper engineering Plant Fitter at Chambishi Metals since 2015 was born and bred in Chingola. She attended Kabundi High School where her favourite subjects were Biology and Physics, and she expected to go into nursing. But when a vacancy came up at Kokola Copper Mines, an uncle who had always taken an…