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Zambia mulls cutting mining royalties even further

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 03, 2015 | 4:40 am Base Metals Precious Metals Africa Canada Europe Copper Gold Zinc 

[caption id="attachment_825933" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Vedanta Resources’ Konkola Copper mine, Zambia.[/caption] Zambia’s government is contemplating cutting the mineral royalties for underground mines below the recently revised 9%. According to state broadcaster ZNBC, mines minister Christopher Yaluma said that lower taxes would...

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