<P>The firm used its own equipment to rebuild a road that connects with its mining operations in Zambia’s North-Western Province. The firm opted to maintain the Chingola-Solwezi road,wenatchee discount power trowel which had deteriorated to such a state that North-Western Province faced being cut-off from the rest of the country during the rainy season. This was a serious issue for the mining firm as the poor state of the road threatened to halt its mining operations in the area.</P>
<P>FQM is Africa’s largest copper producer and the need to repair the road was vital for its own operations, as well as for the wider economic and social impact by boosting transport and trade in the north of Zambia. To carry out the work, the company deployed 105 staff and 65 pieces of equipment. The team included road engineers and labour to carry out the necessary work on the road,asphalt concrete road paving equipment which carries 60% of Zambia’s mineral wealth to market.</P>
<P>FQM worked on 128km of the 168km road, carrying out pothole patching, shoulder repairs, reconstruction of certain sections and surfacing of some of the unsealed base courses constructed by the contractors. The work was undertaken by FQM’s in-house engineers and labour, rather than been sub-contracted,ride-on equipments to thermoplastic spraying road marking price in line with the company’s wider approach to construction projects.</P>
<P>“Because of its intensive use of infrastructure, FQM has recognised the transport sector as an important component of the economy and a common tool used for development. A relation between the quantity and quality of transport infrastructure and the level of economic development is apparent,”cement mixer lowes said FQM Roads Division project manager Rodney Parker.</P>