MINES Minister Paul Kabuswe says it’s all systems go at Konkola Copper Mines and people are being recalled for work. In an interview, asked about the happenings at the mine after government officially handed over KCM to Vedanta, Kabuswe disclosed that suppliers were now getting supply jobs. “People are being recalled, it’s all systems go now and that is what we have been talking about. That is what it means to resuscitate an economy; it’s to trigger the drivers of the economy. What are the drivers of economic activity? In Zambia historically it has been mining as a major driver of economic activity and that’s why we said we bring them back to life. Now they [mines] are back to...

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