By ADRIAN MWANZA MINE Unions have opposed the outright privatization of the Mopani and Konkola Copper Mines as hinted by the Minister of Mines, Paul Kabuswe.They have instead called on Government to find resources to retain control of the two mines and prove that a state owned mining conglomerate has an equal chance to survive and thrive.MUZ president Joseph Chewe has also made it very clear that that they would not tolerate Vedanta who were making overtures of a comeback using underhand methods.Mr Chewe said that he had even informed the Mines minister that they would not accept Vedanta at all costs because the firm was up to no good.“As MUZ , nothing has changed and we hope Vedanta is not trying to come back using backdoor tricks because they almost landed the people of the Copperbelt in problems,” he said.“My plea is that government should preferably have the bigger stake in the mining firms so that as a country we […]
UNIONS OPPOSE MINE PRIVATIZATION
