MINING expert Edward Simukonda says the reduced electricity supply to the mines will terribly affect the sector and make it difficult to attain Zambia’s production targets. Last week, Zesco stated that it would take not less than 250 MW from the power that is supplied to the mines as part of the mitigation measures to respond to the 700 MW deficit that the country is facing. But in an interview, Saturday, Simukonda observed that the country had acted slowly in preparing for the effects of drought on hydro power. “For me, in my own personal view this is going to affect the mining industry terribly because we are not going to meet the targets that were put up by the...