02/09/2020
Donation Ceremony of Anti-Epidemic Supplies Held in Sino Metals
A donation ceremony of anti-epidemic supplieswas held by Sino Metals (Hereinafter refers to the company), a subsidiary ofChina Nonferrous Metal Mining (Group) Co., Ltd., to District Commissioner's Office, the Department of Labor, and the three trade unions in the companyon 9thApril, 2020.
The company donated about 1500 pieces of surgical masks, 240 bottles of hand sanitizers, 260 bottles of wash-free hand sanitizers, 400 bottles of disinfectants, 600 pieces of soaps, 35 pieces of sprayers and hand washing buckets, which will be used for epidemic prevention and control work of the above government departments.
At the donation ceremony, Mr. HUANG RONGMAN, deputy C.E.O of Sino Metals, delivered a speech. He said that since the discovery of the COVID-19 epidemic in Zambia, CNMC has been highly concerning about the spread of the epidemic situation among the country, and the anti-epidemic measures taken by its subsidiaries in Zambia.Being instructed by CNMC, its subsidiaries shallput thelife safety and physical health of employees in the first place, while paying highly attention to the epidemic prevention and control workimplemented by Zambian Government. Hence, those subsidiaries ofCNMC in Zambia, such as NFCA, Luanshya Copper Mine, CCS, ZCCZ, 15MCC-Africa and so on, have taken active actions to carry out anti-epidemic supplydonation activities under the unified deployment of CNMC. The act that Sino Metals donated anti-epidemic supplies to the District Commissioner's Office, the Department of Labor, and the three trade unions in the spirit of “mutual help and mutual caring”, manifested the most vivid friendship between China and Zambia. The companywould like to cooperateclosely with the Zambian government and local people to fight against the epidemic and protect the common home.
He further indicated that, for now, Sino Metalshas been managing the epidemic prevention & control and line operationsimultaneously with strict rules and regulations.A series of prevention and control measures was carried out to protect the health of employees, which is the first-priority.Meanwhile,the company strained every nerve to secure the production and operation, to keep the company operating functionally, and to keep the staffs frombeing out of job, which was advocated and encouraged by the president many times in his speech in the purpose of stabilizing the employment and promotingeconomic development healthily in Zambia. He hoped the company can earn more understanding and support from the Zambian government considering the difficulties that the company has been encountering, referring to epidemic prevention and control, production stabilization and production assurance.
Finally, he said there is no winter cannot be surmount and no spring will nevercome. He believed that with the joint efforts of the Zambian government and the people, the epidemic will be defeated definitely!
Mr. Siachisumo, the DC of Kalulushi, also delivered a warm speech. He said that CNMC's subsidiaries have been giving the Zambian government, especially the District Commissioner's Office, a lot of support and help. The Zambian government will cooperate closely with Sino Metals to face difficulties together, while helping the company to stabilize production. Furthermore,he said that the anti-epidemicsupplies donated by Sino Metals were extremely critical, which could solve the urgent needs of the government departments in a timely manner. The government woulddistribute the prevention and control supplies into the communities and markets as soon as possible for the protection of the people. At last, he highly praised and extended sincere gratitude to CNMC and Sino Metals for their outstanding contributions to social public welfare undertakings, especially for their great help for the Zambian government.
The event was attended by the related leaders of the District Commissioner's Office and the three trade unions and other relevant departments, as well as local media reporters. Zambia Times, the mainstream media in Zambia, covered the whole process of the ceremony.