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It’s official: Zambia scales back mining royalties to 9%

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 20, 2015 | 7:50 am Base Metals Africa Canada Europe Copper Zinc 

[caption id="attachment_822831" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Barrick’s Zambia Lumwana mine was only one of the operations jeopardized by Zambia’s royalty hike. (Image courtesy of Barrick Gold)[/caption] Zambia has approved a proposal to drop a recent and controversial hike in mining royalties and...

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