FIRST Quantum Minerals Country Director Anthony Mukutuma says since July, mining companies have been importing 65 per cent of the power they need to stay productive. And Mukutuma says there’s need for stable policies in the mining sector. Speaking when he featured on Diamond TV’s COSTA programme, Sunday, Mukutuma said mining companies were only getting eight hours of power from Zesco. “What we are starting to see more is that we need to make sure that the message goes out that people know that the mining companies are being load shedded. So, at 65 percent what that means is that we are getting power from Zesco for eight hours per day and the rest of the 16 hours, we are...

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