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TIME PUBLISHED - Thursday, October 20, 2011, 4:52 am
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OVER 1,000 miners at China Non-Ferrous Corporation Africa (NFCA) Mining Plc in Chambishi and those from a contracted company JHCX Mining Construction Zambia Limited have been dismissed following the protests that have recently rocked the Chinese mining company.
This is according to separate memorandums dated October 19, 2011 signed by NFCA chief executive officer Wang Chunlai and his JCHX Mining Construction Zambia Limited counterpart Zhang Jun, made available to the Zambia Daily Mail yesterday.
The memorandum reads: “Following a memo issued yesterday [Tuesday October 18, 2011], asking you to report for work today the 19th October 2011 [yesterday] and [sic] you subsequently refused to observe. You are now all summarily dismissed with immediate effect. However you have a right to appeal within 48 hours. Your leave days accrued will be paid to you by the month-end of November 2011.”
NFC Africa Mining Plc Manager for Corporate Affairs Nelson Jilowa confirmed the dismissal of over 1,000 workers out of the 3,000 miners engaged at the Chinese mining giant.
“I can confirm that there is a memo and over 1,000 out of a total of 3,000 workers are affected,” Mr Jilowa said.
[Zambia Daily Mail]