Zambia’s largest mining firm – First Quantum Minerals (FQM) has revealed that they plan to import about 60% of their electricity and power requirements in the year 2025, perhaps confirming the worst fears that full power supply would be restored in Zambia for both domestic and commercial customers.FQM which controls two large scale copper mining companies at Solwezi and Kalumbila, and expected to launch its third mine termed S3 also in North WesternProvince confirmed in its quarter one (Q1) 2025 report that “the Company anticipates sourcing up to 60% of its electricity from imports”. The imported electricity however will come...
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