PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema’s Special Assistant for Economic Affairs, Jito Kayumba, says the dewatering process at Shaft 28 is progressing well and the pumped water has been certified by ZEMA and others to be utilised for irrigation, among other uses. Kayumba has disclosed that Mopani Copper PLC has commenced plans to sink two new shafts and build a concentrator at a total cost of $400 million. In an interview, Thursday, Kayumba said the water from Shaft 28 would impact the hydrology of Kafue River and add some degree of potential for power generation. “I arrived on Tuesday and my first stop was in Luanshya and Luanshya I engaged with a team at Luanshya Copper Mines basically to check on the dewatering...