The Zambian unit of Canada's First Quantum Minerals said more than 300 workers were being laid off at its Kansanshi mine, drawing a government call for redundancies to be canceled on the grounds ...

Workers at Kansanshi mine, a unit of Canada's First Quantum Minerals that plans to produce 165,000 tonnes of copper concentrate and copper cathode in 2008, went on strike in 2007 after a similar ...

The communities that surround Kansanshi are rural and mostly agricultural. Land and water are essential to their livelihood. If you disturb access to water or land, you increase their vulnerability.