ACTING Mines and Minerals Development Minister Charles Milupi says over 18,000 people benefited from the 30 percent Black Mountain share which was allocated to government. Milupi told the National Assembly, Wednesday, that the 30 percent allocation to the government has, however, been exhausted. Responding to Wusakile member of parliament Pavyuma Kalobo who wanted to find out how the black mountain consortium in Kitwe district was constituted, Milupi said the consortium was composed through a multisectoral consultative process involving government, Nkana Alloy, local leaders and the informal miners. “The Black Mountain Consortium in Kitwe was constituted by the government under the Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development through a multisectoral consultative process involving government, ZCCM-IH, Nkana Alloy company limited, local leaders...

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