EIGHT illegal miners have died after some earth collapsed and buried them alive at KCM’s COP 5 dump site in Chingola. And government has appealed to small-scale miners engaged in illegal mining at various dump sites to refrain from these activities, especially now that the rainy season has commenced. In a statement, Wednesday, Copperbelt Police Commissioner Peacewell Mweemba disclosed that six of the deceased miners were from the same family. “Chiwempala Police Station has received a report of Illegal Mine Accident O.B No. 12963/24 which occurred on October 29, 2024 around 22:30 hours at Cop 5 Dump Site KCM Chingola and reported at Chiwempala Police Station at 03:40 hours in which M/Edward Mulenga aged 35 years of H/no. 64 Mukuba...