Sat, 26 Aug 2017 10:09:29 +0000 By Bennie Mundando and Jossy Chaima THE Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) has continued to defy a court order to restore full power supply to Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) as agreed in the Power Supply Agreement (PSA). The case hearing of the injunction and an application for leave to commence contempt proceedings also failed to take off yesterday as CEC’s lawyers applied for an adjournment, forcing the Kitwe High Court to push the matter to Wednesday next week. And on 23 August MCM who are the plaintiff applied to the court to order and direct that defendant CEC through Directors officers, subsidiary companies, servants or agents do forthwith permit MCM to draw electricity from the various interconnections necessary for its operation up to the maximum of 250 mv monthly as agreed upon between the two parties. On 24 August the Mopani advocates responded to the letter stating that the defendant […]
