Comments on: Middlemen Again? Zambia’s Betrayal of Its Copper Potential https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/12/20/middlemen-again-zambias-betrayal-of-its-copper-potential/ Keeping you Informed Sat, 21 Dec 2024 07:45:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Dr Patson Chifumbe https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/12/20/middlemen-again-zambias-betrayal-of-its-copper-potential/#comment-3556823 Sat, 21 Dec 2024 07:45:27 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=469163#comment-3556823 I totally agree with article

]]> By: GUNYU MASAKA THE PARTY SPOKESMAN https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/12/20/middlemen-again-zambias-betrayal-of-its-copper-potential/#comment-3556755 Fri, 20 Dec 2024 13:31:42 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=469163#comment-3556755 Is the company you mentioned a middle man or part of the SPV? In a normal SPV, each party is given a role to play in that agreement. If Mercuria Energy Trading South Africa’s is to market copper, I don’t see anything wrong with that. Infact there more transparency. This being a proactive government, I’m sure they went the SPV route

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]]> By: Moto https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/12/20/middlemen-again-zambias-betrayal-of-its-copper-potential/#comment-3556753 Fri, 20 Dec 2024 13:19:21 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=469163#comment-3556753 We will always have middle men.Even when
New dawn were saying they will do away with
Middle men when negotiating debt restructuring ended up getting middle men.

]]> By: Spaka https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/12/20/middlemen-again-zambias-betrayal-of-its-copper-potential/#comment-3556752 Fri, 20 Dec 2024 13:02:26 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=469163#comment-3556752 Stop exciting people………

Anyways…..

You give people a time to think and debate, which is good………

Back to the topic…….

, look at the geography of Chile and compare to zambia and…….

Chile has a long coast and is nest to the hudge USA market……….

Marketing and selling chile’s copper is easy, while for a zambia company , has to deal with complicated freight, customs and many more variables to the market……….

A task beyond most Zambian organisations

FWD2031

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]]> By: My Zambia https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/12/20/middlemen-again-zambias-betrayal-of-its-copper-potential/#comment-3556750 Fri, 20 Dec 2024 12:09:00 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=469163#comment-3556750 When we allegedly corruptly sold away Mopan from IDC to a Middle Eastern company, we were told we are resting. Did we?
Kansanshi mine also dupped us to sell government shares, giving Zambia a zero control. So our ambitious 3 million tonnes of finished copper is just as illusional as our nill control in minerals. We never learn.

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