Socio-economic change and natural resource exploitation: a case study of the Zambian copper mining industry

Figures & data

Figure 1: Shifting ownership patterns for large-scale copper mining assets

Figure 2: London Metal Exchange prices 2000–2005 (annual averages)

Table 1: Net value-added tax receipts by sector

Sector	Kwacha (millions)	Percentage
Financial services	11 764	3
Telecommunications	44 722	11.4
Mining	(653 838)	−166.5
Manufacturing	70 067	17.8
Tourism	(400)	−0.1
Agriculture	(27 394)	−7.0
Other	947 750	241.4
Total	393 671	100
Note: Data in parentheses are negative.
Source: Foreign Investment Advisory Service, Zambia: Sectoral Study of the Effective Tax Burden, a joint service of the International Finance Corporation and the World Bank, December 2004, as in Fraser and Lungu (2007).

Table 2: Corporate tax revenues 2003

Sector	Kwacha (millions)	Percentage
Financial Services	51 355	20.9
Telecoms	29 187	11.9
Mining	29 612	12.1
Other	136 460	55.6
Total	245 614	100
Source: Zambia Revenue Authority, as in Fraser and Lungu (2007).

Table 3: Number of hospitals and clinics in the Copperbelt mining towns before and after privatisation

Mining town	Number of hospitals at each mine		Number of clinics at each mine
	Before privatisation	After privatisation	Before privatisation	After privatisation
Nkana	2	1	10	6
Nchanga	2	1	5	3
Mufulira	2	1	9	4
[Roan] Luanshya	2	1	6	3
Konkola	1	1	5	3
Chibuluma	1	1	2	0
Total	10	6	37	19
Source: Lungu and Mulenga (2005).

Table 4: Mopani copper mines: Nkana mine site, Wusakile Hospital

	Low cost, 2006	High cost
Consultation fee – medical officer	40 000	45 000
Review	20 000	30 000
Consultation fee – consultant	60 000	100 000
Review	30 000	50 000
Nursing care	20 000	25 000
Ante-natal booking fee	1 800 000	1 800 000
Visits on the ward – medical officer	20 000	30 000
Visits on the ward – consultant	50 000	60 000
Board and lodging	90 000	120 000
Fee for service scheme – membership fee per person per month	40 000	60 000
Capitalisation fee scheme per person per month – payable quarterly	40 000	50 000
Note: Data presented in Kwacha (K) (K4046 = US$1).
Source: Mopani Copper Mines (2007a).

Figure 3: Employment categories in the mining sector as of June 2007 by percentage

Table 5: Salaries and wages in some mining companies, in Zambian kwacha (K)

Number	Company name	Code	Lowest (K)	Highest (K)	Average (K)
1	Ndola Lime Co. Ltd	NLCL	336 000.00	3 200 000.00	1 768 000.00
2	Chilanga Cement Ltd, Ndola	CCLN	550 000.00	3 500 000.00	2 025 000.00
3	Mopani Copper Mines Plc	MCMPlc	1 300 000.00	5 000 000.00	3 150 000.00
4	Luanshya Copper Mines Plc	LCMPlc	1 200 000.00	2 300 000.00	1 750 000.00
5	Maamba Collieries Ltd	MCL	800 000.00	1 850 000.00	1 325 000.00
6	Kariba Minerals Ltd	KML	372 000.00	1 000 000.00	686 000.00
7	NFC Africa Mining Plc	NFCA	443 907.00	1 524 855.00	984 381.00
8	Konkola Copper Mines Plc	KCMPlc	1 500 000.00	2 700 000.00	2 100 000.00
9	Chambeshi Metals Plc	CMPlc	500 000.00	3 800 000.00	2 150 000.00
10	Bwana Mkubwa (FQM Plc)	FQMPlc	850 000.00	3 000 000.00	1 925 000.00
11	Lumwana	LCM	–	–	–
12	Kansanshi	KMPlc	850 000.00	3 000 000.00	1 925 000.00
13	Sable Zinc Ltd	SZL	350 000.00	2 500 000.00	1 425 000.00
Average			696 300.54	2 567 296.54	1 631 798.54
Source: National Economic Advisory Council (2007).

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