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First Quantum Minerals is a leading and fast-growing copper company founded more than 20 years ago with a strong conviction in the long-term fundamentals for copper. Beginning with the 1996 purchase of the Bwana Mkubwa Mining License in Zambia, to reprocess tailings from past mining activities, our assets and operations now span nine countries and five continents.
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First Quantum was founded in 1983 under the name Xenium Resources. It changed its name to Zeal Capital in 1989, First Quantum Ventures in 1993, and First Quantum Minerals in 1996. Its first significant operation was the Bwana Mkubwa mine in Zambia, acquired in 1996. In 2000, First Quantum acquired a partial interest in Mopani copper mines, a Zambian copper company. In 2001, it opened the Lonshi Copper Mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Also in 2001, the company acquired the Kansanshi minei…
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January 16, 2020: First Quantum Minerals Announces Notice of Redemption of the Entire Outstanding Amount of Its 7.00% Senior Notes Due February 15, 2021 Read more...
First Quantum Minerals to let 2,500 workers in …
21-12-2018 · Canada’s First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM) became the first top miner with operations in Zambia to react to a planned mining tax increase in the southern African nation by …
Kansanshi - First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
The Kansanshi mine, the largest copper mine in Africa, is owned and operated by Kansanshi Mining PLC which is 80% owned by a First Quantum subsidiary. The remaining 20% is owned by a subsidiary of ZCCM. The mine is located approximately 10 kilometres north of the town of Solwezi and 180 kilometres to the northwest of the Copperbelt town of ...
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First Quantum Minerals to let 2,500 workers in Zambia . 2018-12-21 First Quantum, which operates the Kansanshi and Kalumbila mines in Zambia, accounted for more than half of the country’s copper output last year, and is the largest individual taxpayer.
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Our Zambian operations consist of: Kansanshi copper mine and smelter, the largest copper mine in Africa and is expected to produce between 230,000 and 240,000 tonnes of copper and over 145,000 ounces of gold annually during 2018-2020.
First Quantum Is Said to Offer $700 Million for …
4-2-2019 · First Quantum Minerals Ltd. has offered to buy the Zambian government’s 20 percent stake in Africa’s biggest copper mine for as much as $700 million, according to two people familiar with the ...
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. - Our Business - …
First Quantum has a robust pipeline of copper and nickel projects at various stages of development: Cobre Panama (Panama) – a large open-pit copper project under development towards phased commissioning during 2018, with continued ramp-up over 2019.; Taca Taca (Argentina) – copper-gold-molybdenum porphyry deposit acquired in 2014; conducting environmental impact assessment …
Sentinel - First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
The Sentinel copper operation is 100% owned by Kalumbila Minerals Limited (KML), a First Quantum subsidiary. Sentinel is approximately 150 kilometres west of the town of Solwezi in North Western Province of Zambia. In January 2010, First Quantum acquired 100% of Kiwara PLC (“Kiwara”).
First Quantum to lay off 2,500 staff at Zambia …
FIRST Quantum Minerals is to retrench 2,500 staff at its Zambian facilities in the first quarter of 2019 following the southern African country’s plans to increase mining taxes, said Reuters citing a company statement. The layoffs will affect 1,250 employees at the Kansanshi mine in Solwezi and 1,250 at the Sentinel mine at Kalumbila, said […]
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Corporate Social Responsibility In Zambian Mining …
First Quantum operates two mines in Zambia’s North Western Province: Kansanshi, north of Solwezi, and Sentinel, 150 kilometres West at Kalumbila. Both mines have wide-ranging, locally defined programs from education to healthcare, agriculture to conservation, that have helped shape our broader vision for Social Responsibility.
First Quantum weighs $1 billion Zambian copper …
TORONTO/LONDON (Reuters) – Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals Ltd is weighing an investment of around $1 billion to lift output at Africa’s biggest copper mine in Zambia, a company document ...
First Quantum Minerals starts a copper mine in …
TSX-listed First Quantum Minerals has kicked off operations at its $1.9 billion Sentinel copper mine, despite the announcement by the Zambian government that plans to triple royalties in the sector will go ahead. The mine, which is expected to produce between 270 000 and 300 000 tons of copper concentrate annually, will feed an $850 million U.S. […]
First Quantum calls off massive stone cuts in Zambia ...
Canada’s First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM) has scrapped plans to lay off 2,500 workers in Zambia over an increase in mining taxes, and has committed to extend talks with the southern African ...
First Quantum Minerals Ltd - The Best of Zambia
First Quantum is a leader in the mining industry and can takes complete responsibility for mine, infrastructure and development needs. First Quantums diverse skills and knowledge have been successfully applied to some of the resource industrys most challenging and complex projects. Delivering complex process technologies
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First Quantum Minerals Ltd. has grown from a small mineral operation in Zambia into a multinational mining business in less than two decades, with a global portfolio of copper and nickel assets in Europe, Africa, Australia and South America. This phenomenal growth is down to FQM people who have strived to be Bolder, Smarter and […]
Zambia slaps miner First Quantum with $8 billion …
First Quantum Minerals said on Tuesday that Zambias tax agency had slapped it with 76.5 billion Zambian kwacha ($8.04 billion) bill for unpaid import duties, a potentially huge blow for the ...
Zambia : First Quantum Minerals in dispute with …
Lusaka - Zambia: Reuters reports that First Quantum Minerals has begun arbitration proceedings against Zambian state miner ZCCM-IH to try to resolve a dispute about a