MINISTRY of Mines Safety Department Director Fred Banda says the uranium water contamination issue at Lumwana Mining Company is now a closed matter, as far as safety is concerned, because the mine has changed the source of water supply. Banda, however, says the Radiation Protection Authority is yet to avail the department test results for the samples collected from the mine. Last week, News Diggers reported that Lumwana Mining Company had been battling to contain uranium contamination of drinking water at its facility in North Western Province. Further, it was reported that the mining company fired an employee after he demanded that workers who consumed the uranium contaminated water be medically examined and compensated. But Barrick Lumwana said only a...