ZAMBIA VICE-PRESIDENT SEEKS SOLUTION TO CHINA COPPER MINE STAND-OFF
December 8th, 2013
Zambia’s vice-president Guy Scott has said his government would attempt to seek agreement with the China Nonferrous Mining Corporation Limited (CNMCL) after the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) shut down construction operations for a new copper mine. Telling MPs in Zambia’s parliament that the halt of work on the Chambishi Southeast Mine Project of CNMCL subsidiary NFC Africa Mining would have a “negative bearing on tax collections and employment”, risking more than 1,500 jobs, he said a government minister would be charged with resolving the ...
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