By SILUMESI MALUMO SEVEN investors have shown interest to take over Mopani Copper Mines, Minister of Mines and Mineral Development, Richard Musukwa has said.Mr Musukwa said the government was eager to ensure that an equity partner was identified to run the operations of the mine.The minister said once the partner was engaged the mine would be run smoothly in cooperation with ZCCM-IH which was the major shareholder.Mr Musukwa also appealed to local investors to take interest in taking over the operations of the mining giant.Mr Musukwa said the government wants to see Zambians were on the centre stage of running the mining firms.Meanwhile, Mr Musukwa said the country recorded an increase in copper production in 2020.He said eight large-scale mining companies contributed massively to the increase in copper production.Mr Musukwa said, “copper production increased to 888, 061.46 tonnes in 2020 compared to 796, 430.77 tonnes recorded in 2019 representing an increase of 9.71 percent.”“Copper production […]
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