Zambia’s Chamber of Mines welcomes economic relief for mining sector

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Sydney—The Zambian government’s economic relief measures for miners by the country in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are a “welcome first step” for the struggling industry, the Zambian chamber of mines said this week, but added that more is needed. The CEO of the body, Sokwani Chilembo, said the measures are “greatly geared towards making better use of latent tertiary ore smelting and refining capacity, while the bulk of the industry’s core primary mining and metallurgical processing continues to desperately need cashflow relief to make it through this fight for survival.”