The management team of Sasa Mine has made a decision to increase the salary for all employees, which starts to apply from the January salaries. In the past two years, this is the fourth salary increase in Sasa. With the previous three increases made in 2022 and 2023, salaries at Sasa were increased by more than 25%.
With this decision, Sasa managed to overcome the impact of growth of prices and costs of living on the well-being of its employees, which were particularly pronounced during 2022 and the beginning of 2023. The calculations show that since the entry of Central Asia Metals (CAML) in 2017 until today, the salaries in Sasa has increased significantly, with the average salary over 70% higher than the average paid net salary in the country.
Before making the final decision for a new salary increase, collaborative meetings were held with officials from your Sasa representative union, where a thorough analysis of all relevant data of the Sasa operations, including data for the growth of prices and costs of living (inflation), was presented and discussed.
“Despite the increase in operating costs and the volume of investments, as well as the decline in the prices of lead and zinc in the global markets, as a management team we have made the decision to increase the salaries of all employees again. With this we want to express our appreciation to the employees, for their hard work and dedication in achieving safe and sustainable production, and at the same time we want to further motivate them to continue the good work, to increase efficiency and productivity, to preserve the high level of safety and to successfully complete the implementation of the capital projects that should ensure the maximum working life of Sasa and benefits for all,” Sasa General Director Chris Colbourne said.
