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Annex V: Salary Breakdown at Sino Metals and CCS as of September 2011 SINO METALS Grade Number of employees Low monthly salary range (in Kwacha, 4800 per US$) High range L11 1 435,456 516,096 L10 16 487,065 567,705 L9 127 555,878 636,518 L8 11 624,691 705,331 L7 29 693,504 774,144 L6 56 779,520 860,160 L5 15 882,737 963,379 L4 7 1.020 million 1.101 million L3 8 1.175 million 1.256 million L2 2 1.296 million 1.376 million L1 0 1.468 million 1.548 million Grade CHAMBISHI COPPER SMELTER Low monthly salary range (in Kwacha, 4800 per US$) High range G9 n/a 560,000 L8 627,200 677,376 L7 (over half the employees fall in this salary range) 689,920 740,096 L6 752,640 852,992 L5 878,080 978,432 L4 1,033,520 1,103,872 L3 1,128,960 1,229,312 L2 1,254,400 1,354,752 L1 1,379,840 1,630,720 121 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | NOVEMBER 2011
Acknowledgements This report was researched and authored by Matt Wells, Africa researcher at Human Rights Watch, with additional research by a researcher in another division at Human Rights Watch. The report was reviewed and edited within Human Rights Watch by Rona Peligal, deputy director in the Africa division; Sophie Richardson, China director; Chris Albin-Lackey, senior researcher in the Business and Human Rights division; James Ross, legal and policy director; and Babatunde Olugboji, deputy program director. Deborah Brautigam, a professor at American University and author of The Dragon’s Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa, read a draft of the report and provided helpful suggestions. Additional research, editorial, and production assistance was provided by Marianna Enamoneta, Africa division associate; Darcy Milburn, business and human rights associate; and Kelly McNichols, Africa division intern. The report was prepared for publication at Human Rights Watch by Kathy Mills, publications specialist; Grace Choi, publications director; Anna Lopriore, creative manager; and Fitzroy Hepkins, mail manager. Human Rights Watch thanks the organizations and individuals who contributed to this report through their time and expertise. Officials from Zambia’s two main labor unions in the copper mining industry, MUZ and NUMAW, were especially helpful—providing insight and contacts throughout the field research. Human Rights Watch also deeply appreciates the effort made by China Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Corporation in responding to the report’s main findings; the company’s detailed letter, and commitment to follow up with additional in-depth investigations, is a source of optimism that conditions will improve in its Zambian operations. Human Rights Watch particularly expresses its gratitude to the copper miners who agreed to share their stories. Many were coming off 12-hour shifts in demanding conditions, yet graciously consented to take further time and describe the difficulties they faced in the mines. They often spoke with pride at the great Zambian mining tradition and expressed little more than a desire to provide for their families in an environment that respected their basic rights. We hope that this report plays a role in the achievement of those goals. “YOU’LL BE FIRED IF YOU REFUSE” 122
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Zambia “You’ll Be Fired if You
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Company Safety Officers without Aut
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Summary Over the past decade, China
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Chinese-run Copper Mining Companies
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uling in MUZ’s favor on the estab
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Recommendations To the Government o
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Reward managers and safety inspecto
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them as having spoken to Human Righ
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I. Background China’s role in Afr
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[The Chinese government] supports c
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History of Zambia’s Copper Indust
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Copper prices rose steadily from 20
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for CNMC in 2003—13 years after t
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policeman. Although the police inve
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underground mining has more than do
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After Mwanawasa died in August 2008
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quickly requested that the company
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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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They have a safety officer in place
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frequent, that two to three a week
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empowered to refuse to continue wor
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injured in a 2009 accident, contras
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unsafe, don’t do it.’ If the mi
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Best Safety Practices in Zambia’s
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Deliberate Failure to Report Accide
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50,000, 100,000 Kwacha to not repor
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Problem of Subcontractors at Konkol
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are also corruption issues, a serio
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