LEADER of the Opposition in Parliament Brian Mundubile says he will be writing to the leader of government business about the deal between ZCCM-IH and FQM, describing it as a bad and illegal transaction. Chief Government Spokesperson Chushi Kasanda recently refuted reports that ZCCM-IH had sold its shares in Kansanshi Mining Plc, saying the parties entered into a new arrangement that provides a more beneficial revenue stream. Kasanda said under the terms of the deal announced, ZCCM-IH will receive a 3.1 percent royalty payment from the revenue of Kansanshi which was estimated to be in the region of US$50 to 70 million per year. This was after ZCCM-IH announced that it had entered into a transaction with First Quantum Minerals...

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