CTPD urges govt to resolve “bad blood” with KCM

THE Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) has advised government to quickly resolve the “bad blood” between itself and Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), saying failure to sort out the chaos at the mining company is affecting foreign investment. In an interview, CTPD senior researcher (extractives) Webby Banda said management of mines was important in ensuring that the 3 million tonnes target set in copper production was met. “If you look at the KCM issue, of course the new dawn government has signaled the need to increase copper production from the current 800,000 tonnes to 3 million metric tonnes. One thing that we must appreciate, this increase in production in the next 10 years cannot come from current projects only,…...