Mining Magazine October 2015 | Page 48

KONKOLA COPPER MINES PLC
Trucking is nowhere as efficient as rail for bulk transport opportunity to go abroad for tertiary education , and for that they need an entry qualification that ’ s recognised internationally . We have previously sent 42 students to India , South Africa or Namibia studying mainly engineering and medicine .”
This energetic CEO is now finding time to revive a former Vedanta policy that has stagnated – getting group companies to second some of their top trainers to Zambia to assist with technical training . “ We also want to send Zambians out to our Indian operations .”
What else would he like to do ? Well he ’ s working with government and Zambia Railways Limited ( ZRL ) to reintroduce the benefits of the old inter-mine system that used to
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