PREAMBLE:
We, the stakeholders gathered at Sali Riverside Lodge for the first Manganese Indaba and fifth Luapula Mining Insaka, held on 6th and 7th June 2023, and having deliberated on various issues in the mining sector, specifically Manganese Mining in Luapula Province, do note the following:
- OBJECTIVE OF INDABA:
The main objective of the Indaba was to discuss and find lasting solutions to the challenges being experienced in the Manganese Mining Sub Sector, such as illegal mining activities, non-compliance to legal and policy frameworks on Mining, Environment and Labour, increase in child labor, taxation, health and Corporate Social Responsibility.
- THEME OF INDABA:
The Manganese Indaba was held under the Theme: “leveraging from Manganese Production in the Energy Transition Era”.
