Zambia’s biggest copper mine might get the lights turned off
Konkola Copper Mines, already under provisional liquidation, is said to have a $132m outstanding electricity bill
14 May 2020 - 18:44
Lusaka — Vedanta Resources’s Zambian unit, which is in provisional liquidation, is fighting to keep the lights on after a power company threatened to reduce supply because of a $132m bill, according to court filings.
Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), Zambia’s biggest single power user, won an interim order from the high court on May 13 preventing Copperbelt Energy (CEC) from curbing its electricity...
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