Zambia’s new mining code

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The Zambian government has rebuffed calls for the relaxing of rules in its gemstone mining and auction sector . Its says current controls were important to retain more of the value from the minerals locally. The government which has released a policy paper on the sector says it aims to increase the participation of Zambians in the mining sector. Its added that local medium and small scale miners, will now be able to benefit from mining in the world’s third largest copper producer.

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