SEVEN miners, who include five Zambians and two Chinese nationals, have been trapped at the Chinese owned Macrolink Mine located along the Ndola-Mufulira Road. By press time, the miners were still trapped underground, while efforts were being made to pump out the water and to retrieve them. Copperbelt Province Permanent Secretary Augustine Kasongo who confirmed the development said the incident occurred in the early hours of Monday between 06:30 hours and 7:00hours. “We are at the mine called Macrolink. We received the call today that there was an incident that happened between 06:30 hours and 07:00 hours this morning. So when we came here, we were briefed by the mine manager that as they were changing shifts, eight people were...

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