LISTENING attentively to the conditionalities and snippets of pledges in the new agreement under which Vedanta Resources is retaining control of Konkola Copper Mines, all we could hear is a confirmation that the government was not in any position to negotiate attractive terms. Given the state of the mine and the damage that was done to it, we can understand why it was difficult for the government to pull the strings. Of course, there are very good perks that the investor has pledged towards KCM employees’ emoluments which will make a big difference, but when we look at the commitments towards the investment disputes that really brought the problem that we are dealing with now, we don’t see any progress....