The Copperbelt University has been selected by the World Bank to be the Africa Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Mining (CBU ACESM). CBU ACESM will focus on delivering excellence in education, training, and research in five thematic areas identified as strategic to improving the sustainability of the mining industry in Zambia and beyond and these are: 1.Occupational health and community vulnerability in mining environments. 2.Restoration of mined and derelict environments and waste management. 3.Energy use, mining and process design. 4.Biodiversity and ecosystem impacts. 5.livelihoods, entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility..