CENTRE for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) says the announcement of the official signing of agreements between government and Vedanta Resources is not something to be very excited about until it is executed in a beneficial manner. And CTPD Lead Researcher for Extractives Elijah Mumba has challenged government to make the Hatch Report on KCM public. On Monday, government announced that it had through ZCCM-IH officially signed agreements with Vedanta Resources on the running of Konkola Copper Mines. In an interview, Tuesday, Mumba said the announcement was positive but not something to be very excited about until the agreements were executed and resulted in increased copper production. “We have noted this development but we are not… it’s positive but it...

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