Provisional liquidator of Zambia’s KCM suspended – official
The provisional liquidator of Zambia’s Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), Milingo Lungu, has been suspended, the country’s Official Receiver said in a statement on Thursday. Zambia’s previous government, which owns 20% of KCM through State mining investment firm ZCCM-IH, handed control of KCM to Lungu in 2019, triggering a protracted dispute with Vedanta Resources, which owns the remaining 80%. Official Receiver Natasha Kalimukwa suspended Lungu after receiving a complaint from ZCCM-IH “relating to contract mismanagement, financial mismanagement, and asset mismanagement”, she said in a statement. Lungu told Reuters the Official Receiver has no power…
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