Lumwana Copper project
Barrick Gold corporation owns and operates Lumwana Copper Project (Lumwana Mining Company) and the Lumwana Estate,
In 2005 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) conducted identified 8 potential Impact areas,
To manage the anticipated social impacts of the project and the Estate, Lumwana Mining Company developed the Social Sustainability Management Plan (SSMP).
Copper Project potential Impacts
2005 EIA Identified 8 Potential impacts which included:
Employment,
Population influx and secondary development,
Safety and local communities traditional right of way,
Compensation for loss of crops,
Increased vehicle traffic,
Loss of local culture and customs,
Potential increase in HIV/AIDS infections,
Sustainable Social and Economic development in Lumwana.
Vision for
Community
Relations
Engage:
Mitigate Impacts:
Purpose: To help the business secure and maintain access to resources by proactively engaging with local communities, mitigating social impacts and sharing the benefits of mining.
The Community Relations Vision is:
“Operating with community support”
• Social Risk • Social Impacts• Cultural Heritage• Resettlement• Community Safety • Contractors• Social Closure • Influx and TIMS• Indigenous
Peoples
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Grievance Mechanism
• Social Obligations• Indigenous
Peoples • Community Development
• Local Employment • Local Procurement
Share Benefits
Business Development
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
Alternative livelihoods - Agri Food Innovators (AFI), SME development
Local Financial services inclusion - Influencing Financial and other service providers to support savings, credit, insurance & other financial products for local economic development.
Promotion of local procurement opportunities and support provision in offering opportunities – Local Contractor development program
The Agri-Food Innovators
Program (AFI)
The Agri-food innovators~ (AFI) Programme is LMC’s vehicle to facilitate Agriculture Development Programme in the sub region of North-western Province
It is the point of convergence for Agriculture activities in the three chiefdoms of Mumena, Mukumbi and Matebo.
Enterprise incubation:
Mutanda Dairy
Initiative:
Partnership between Barrick Lumwana and YAPYA Youth Investment Trust of Zambia (YAPYA) to empower young women take up dairy enterprise as a business.
EXPANSION AND SUSTAINABILITY
WIN : (Wealth Creation through Irrigation in North-Western province)
Barrick Lumwana committed US$ 400,000 as match with EU
Product value
Capacity for 3,500 (1,500 for Lumwana catchment area) households to enter commercial horticultural production.
Sustainable “last-mile” input supply chains for smallholders close to small-scale producers.
Producer linkage to markets for their produce.
Smallholder farmer link to sources for microfinance for investment in horticultural production.
Farm business Advisors/Agro dealership linkages(Nutri Aide).
Support for Community provision of
microfinance services
Financial Literacy: Understanding financial behaviors and developing intermediation training programs on how to manage money.
Financial Inclusion: Delivery of financial Services to areas where people have no access to formal financial services (Financially excluded people),
Micro Credit : Lending & recovery of small amounts of money to small business
Promotion of local procurement opportunities
GEO category:
C1 Principal origin/office in one of the Chiefs area i.e. Mumena, Matebo and Mukumbi
C2 Principal office is based in North Western Province except immediate impact area i.e. Chief Mumena, Mukumbi and Matebo area.
C3 Principal office is based anywhere in Zambia except North Western Province
NL Principal office is not based on Zambian ground
SADC Principal office of company is based in SADC member country excluding Zambia
Key assumption in
defining local
NL
C3
C2
C1
Long term objective is to promote development of Lumwana and regional markets.
Focus being:
Narrow the current industry preference focus on National and foreign supply content
Inclusive of and sharing benefits with C1 SMEs
Opportunity description
Wire Fencing C2+ C1
Light duty simple slab work C1+ C1
Simple light duty bridge construction C3+ C1-C2
Plumbing works C2+ C1
Wall construction C3+ C1
Simple building construction C3+ C1
Uphosltery and HV seat repairs C3+ C1
Construction Labour Hire C3+ C1
Concrete and shed construction C3+ C1
Residential Housing Construction C3+ C1-C3
Bridge Construction C3+ C1-C3
Ordinary conrete office construction C3+ C1-C2
Prefab office construction NL C1-C2
Heavy Duty Slab works NL C1-C3
Specialised Painting (sand blasting, specialised Galvanising) C3+ C1-C2
Sewerage works C3+ C1-C2
Local SME partnership constraints
Lack of capacity in small industries to meet industry standards,
Information gap between local SMEs, Government and large companies,
Government policies and systems for industry development
Access to technology and capital
lack of knowledge of the local market by buying firms. lack of buying firm confidence in suppliers within the regions
Lack of supplier capability technology, capital, skill e.t.c
Lack of enabling business environment; land, water, electricity, access to market for other other supporting inputs i.e. skilled labour, stationary e.t.c.
Perception of buyer to local supplier
Suppliers exposure to mine opportunities and operations
Low influx rate of investors from surrounding more developed (C3 & SADC) regions into C1 & C2
Lack of incentive to set up within the region
Local SME challenges
a. lack of knowledge of the local market by buying firm
b. lack of buying firm confidence in suppliers within the regions c. lack of supplier capability technology, capital, skill e.t.cd. lack of enabling business environment; land, water, electricity, access to market for other other supporting inputs i.e. skilled labour, stationary e.t.c.e. Perception of buyer to local supplier f. Suppliers exposure to mine opportunities and operationsg. low influx rate of investors from surrounding more developed (C3 & SADC) regions into C1 & C2 f. Lack of incentive to set up within the region