Zambia’s environmental agency has shut down a treatment plant belonging to Mopani Copper Mines after it violated pollution regulations.
Accusations of inflated costs at a Zambian mine have been made against Glencore.
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/ 21 January 2008
A nationwide power blackout in Zambia cut copper and cobalt production at some mines, damaging mining equipment and temporarily trapping hundreds of miners underground. State media reported nearly 300 miners on night shifts at units of KCM and Mopani Copper Mines were temporarily trapped in shafts for hours.