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Annex III: Funding for Mines Safety Department 2010 Financial Summary for the MSD PROGRAMME 316 ACTIVITIES APPROVED BUDGET(amounts in Kwacha, 4800 per US$) FUNDING RELEASED General Administration 1. Office Administration 270,000,000 117,500,000 2. Record Management 15,000,000 15,000,000 3. Appraisal and Induction of Members of Staff 15,000,000 15,000,000 4. Procurement and Supply 170,000,000 150,000,000 5. Revolving Fund 200,000,000 200,000,000 6. Utilities of Mines Safety Department 122,000,000 200,000,000 7. Review of Mining Regulations 50,000,000 50,000,000 8. Review of Explosives Act and Regulations 50,000,000 50,000,000 Inspections 9. Inspections - Large Mines 270,000,000 102,083,335 10. Inspections - Small Mines 315,000,000 123,802,084 11. Inspections of Machinery at Mines 155,000,000 67,453,705 12. Inspections - Explosives 215,000,000 93,564,815 13. Inspections – Environment 152,102,056 66,192,559 14. Enforcement of the Environmental Protection Regulation Nil Nil 15. Sensitisation of Small Scale Miners on SHE 30,000,000 Nil 16. Environmental Protection Funds(EPF) Nil Nil 17. Mainstreaming Disabilities Issues Nil Nil 18. Dismantling Arrears Nil Nil TOTAL 2,029,102,056 1,101,929,831 316 Mines Safety Department, 2010 Annual Report, February 2011, pp. 2-3 (on file with author). “YOU’LL BE FIRED IF YOU REFUSE” 114
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Company Safety Officers without Aut
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Summary Over the past decade, China
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I. Background China’s role in Afr
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History of Zambia’s Copper Indust
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policeman. Although the police inve
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underground mining has more than do
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of us in planning has our own compu
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Economic, Social, and Cultural Righ
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problems. In some areas, they shoul
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A national-level official at the Mi
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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
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Miners told Human Rights Watch that
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While Sino Metals appears to be the
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Casual Workers at Sino Metals: No P
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speak further, refuted that anyone
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Godwin Beene, permanent secretary i
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injured in a 2009 accident, contras
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Best Safety Practices in Zambia’s
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