Zambia implements a US$ 65.6 million Mining and Environmental Remediation project
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By Derrick Sinjela ZAMBIA has commenced implementing a five year World Bank funded USD 65.6 million project on mining and environmental remediation, through the Zambia Mining and Environmental Remediation and Improvement project (ZMERIP) seeking to reduce environmental health risks to the local population. The project spearheaded by municipal authorities in critically polluted Chingola, Kitwe, Mufulira and the lead exposed areas of Kabwe is building Mines Safety Departments countrywide and the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) regulatory capacity in the extractive industry. . In Kabwe, Central Province, the Zambia Mining and Environmental Remediation and Improvement project will involve Blood Lead...