Negotiations for new Mopani/KCM mine owners still ongoing

1. Iwe stop playing games. You had confirmed that the Indian was moving in at KCM. So what negotiations are you yapping about. Next is Mopani. Don’t play politics with people’s welfare. You know very well that these mines are old, too old for a sensible person take over the responsibility.

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   • Is there anyone sensible in this government? The head is way below useless, his Ministers are rubbish, the PS’ are cr@p. How did Zambia find itself here?

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   • A mine is never too old -Until its ore is depleted. Konkola has the longest remaining lifespan on the copperbelt

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   • #Shimugodi…there factors that affect “an old mine”. First and foremost the accessibility is very important. A mine that is below sea level and uses a 6-10 tonne skip cannot compete with a near surface mine using 60+ tonnes trucks to haul the ore…I don’t need to explain further.

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   • Deja Vu Konkola is not an old mine. All the mines on the copperbelt are older than Konkola. There are factors indeed in every endeavour so in a business venture you weigh the potentials against loss risks and come up with a plan/s to benefit the masses. Konkola doesnt have one mine. It has at present four shafts with a potential for a fifth and when you talk about KCM it is packaged with the Nchanga Open pit.

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   • There are copper mines in Chile that are 200 years old. Konkola also has a natural resource that Zambia has wasted for 60 years. It is the wettest mine in the world so where do you take the water? Dumb Zambia takes it into the Kafue! Really? Those of you who have grown up in Mufulira will know that miners dont pay for water in that town. Why? Because the water is from the mines and by using it on the surface you are helping with mining operations underground. Two birds with one stone. More business creativity will tell you that water could have been sold to water scarce and more industrialised South Africa and earned Zambia some forex. Shibukeni mwebantu

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   • @Shimugodi thanks for that write up. Not the useful depressed comments from some bloggers I won’t mention. Let’s hear their take….

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   • #Shimugodi.. take it as you wish. Ask yourself why is it that investors are quick to open new mines and unwilling to occupy existing ones? By the way KCM is not part of my discussion because it’s got an owner and the question is why he’s not moving in.

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2. Kikikikiki looks like HH wants a lions share and Vedanta is refusing…i told you guys why they brought up the issue of street vending..just a way of destructing Zambians…they want people to focus on the Vending issue whilst they’re busy cutting deals with Vedanta

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3. IDI AMIN

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   • Why Idi Amin?

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4. YOU ARE THE BIGGEST LIAR SIR……..

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5. We have a matures in government on the negotiating table

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   • I meant to say we have inmatures on government negotiating table.

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6. HH is a Komon & Mudana Seishi President

7. When your Minister suddenly stops to shave his beard, just know that he’s compromised. The prolonged lies about non-existent negotiations is just a ploy to give more time to Sensele Mine to continue stealing copper and cobalt from KCM. The Great Mwene Mutala Party. Many will go to prison over KCM

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8. Too bad we don’t believe in ourselves enough to run them. In UNIP era the mines where run by Zambia. The reason the failed wasn’t because of lack of expertise, but because the west decided to squeeze us by depressing copper prices.
   We can do it, people. Let’s believe in ourselves.

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   • And that’s where we have been caught by the balls.

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   • So right Mwata. Richard Bryanson is not a pilot he just owns Virgin Airlines. Nor is he a locomotive driver but he owned Virgin Rail. He isnt even a keep fit junkie but he owns Virgin Active

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9. Paul Kabuswe just tell the people that you yourself are clueless and Hakainde already shook hands with the vile Indian Anil Agarwal when he first attended the mining indaba in RSA organised by Vandenta

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   • I hope he’s reading this.

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10. #Shimugodi.. take it as you wish. Ask yourself why is it that investors are quick to open new mines and unwilling to occupy existing ones? By the way KCM is not part of my discussion because it’s got an owner and the question is why he’s not moving in.

    • Government is sleeping. A South African friend tells me that with our laws it is easier to get papers for a new mine than buy an existing one.

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    • Thats why he has relatives with two mines here

11. That’s what happens when you mix politics with business. How can you fall to find a solution by now? The miners are not getting paid on time, do you understand what these people are going through? Mopani has no money to run the mines. Come on people let’s be serious with our work. I don’t see any serious commitment honestly.

    • #Concerned Citizen. That’s where the problem is. The person on the street won’t know where the problem is while the politician knows the entire situation but won’t tell it as it’s. The whole charade could go on until the next election.
      I remember when the first sale of mines took place, there were no such delays. Today it’s different because of complications in how the miner will be treated… will the investor take on the current labor or not. How easy will production be. The list is endless. But for fear of losing popularity, they keep using ” soon”

12. kkkkkk we are in for it we were told tatwaumfwile mwamona eeeeee lelo lelo lelo lelo

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