Mines migrate to electronic production reports

By OSCAR MALIPENGA NINE major mines on the Copperbelt and NorthWestern provinces have been migrated from manual monthly minerals production reporting to the electronic submission of reports on the Mineral Output Statistical Evaluation System (MOSES).

The migration of mines to electronic reporting is a major milestone achieved under the Mineral Value Chain Monitoring Project (MVCMP) and the Mineral Production Monitoring Support Project (MPMSP) that have been tasked to develop an integrated online Mineral Output Statistical Evaluation System (MOSES).

Director of Minerals Development in the Ministry of Mines and Mminerals Development Mooya Lumamba said that the mines, starting from September 15, 2017 would no longer submit any manual monthly production reports.

Mr Mooya said this in a statement issued to Daily Nation by MVCMP communications consultant Kunda Mwila.

“We are pleased to announce that starting with the reports for August, 2017, nine major mines will submit their monthly reports electronically and no manual reports will be expected from these mines,” said Mr. Lumamba.

And Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) commissioner for modernisation and corporate strategy Dingani Banda has applauded the migration of the nine major mining companies to electronic mineral production reporting.