President Hakainde Hichilema says he is proud of the work so far done by the new Investor International Resources Holding (IRH) at Mopani Copper Mine.
The Hakainde Hichilema government handed Mopani Copper Mine to the the United Arab Emirates based IRH six months ago.
“We are proud with the rapid transformation, innovation and technological advances they are making in revamping the mining giant since we handed it to them six months ago,” said President Hichilema.
This was after he received a report from the team at State House when the entourage led by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ali Alrashdi, Charles Sakanya the Mopani Mine CEO and Kenny Muyangwa the Board Chairperson of ZCCM-IH held a meeting Tuesday afternoon at State House.
President Hichilema said the project is a joint venture between the ZCCM-IH and IRC has so far proved very successful going by the increased production figures, additional jobs, and corporate social responsibilities activities they have started on the Copperbelt.
“We urged them to keep prioritising Zambian citizens in job opportunities, supplying and mine contractors to improve the economic activities in the Copperbelt and in Zambia as a whole,” President Hichilema said.
He said his government is determined to invest in value addition activities for minerals and other resources for job creation purposes.