LUSAKA – Zambia scrapped a five per cent import duty on fuel yesterday to tackle shortages that threaten production of lifeblood copper mines and have forced commuters to walk to work, Chief Government Spokesman Vernon Mwaanga said.
Separately Bwana Mkubwa copper mines, owned by Canada’s First Quantum Minerals, said it had fuel to cover just two days and would have to shut down if fresh supplies did not appear, Bwana Mkubwa General Manager Rudi Badenhorst told Reuters. “The government has waived the five per cent import duty on all refined petroleum products in order to reduce the cost of these imported products,” Mwaanga said in a statement.-Nampa-Reuters”The government has waived the five per cent import duty on all refined petroleum products in order to reduce the cost of these imported products,” Mwaanga said in a statement.-Nampa-Reuters
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