COMMERCE, Trade and Industry Minister Chipoka Mulenga says government plans to ban the export of Sulphuric Acid to protect the local market. In an interview, Monday, Mulenga explained that government had been engaging with acid producers to meet local demand but they have continued exporting to neighbouring countries for higher prices. Mulenga stressed that the ban would be in the country’s best interest because a shortage of Sulphuric Acid would interfere with local copper processing. “For the past two weeks, we’ve been engaging the producers of acid to satisfy the local market, but they have decided to continue exporting to neighbouring countries. They refuse to satisfy the local demand because the local market will buy it at a good price...