At MMG’s Kinsevere mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) women represent 10% of the total workforce. Labour legislation in the country had, until recently, prohibited women from working at night and in turn limited their potential earnings and impacted their career progression....
Central to MMG’s sustainability commitments are our efforts to minimise our environmental footprint and use of natural resources. Water is a precious natural resource – necessary for human survival, for healthy ecosystems, and to support a range of economic activities. For many communities, water...
Globally, the majority of the world’s poor share a common profession – farming. Of the approximately 1.2 billion people living on less than $1.25 per day, 75 percent of them work in agriculture on small holdings of land. Strong, direct relationships exist between agricultural productivity,...
As both a highly productive and profitable activity, fish farming has become a passion for many communities around the MMG Kinsevere copper mine in the DRC, including a Rasta group in the Mpundu village. (Rastas – short for Rastafarians – follow a particular Afrocentric philosophy...
Low levels of adult literacy and numeracy are a significant issue in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This prevents people from reaching their potential and also limits the country’s development. This is why a strong desire exists among many adults to learn to read, write...
Kyalwe Mwape is the oldest teacher in the 26 villages around MMG's Kinsevere mine. In 1984 he was the first teacher to start a village school within a radius of 40 kilometres around the mine. He was experienced many difficulties while running the first two primary schools, which...
In mid-2016 MMG employees helped celebrate the inauguration of a new school in Denis Village, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Working with three communities local to the Kinsevere mine, we produced over 35,000 bricks to build the school. Community contribution and...