The President of the Association of Mine Suppliers and Contractors (AMSC) in Zambia, Costa Mwaba, has expressed frustration over continued difficulties faced by local suppliers when attempting to engage with some Chinese-owned mining firms, despite the implementation of the new local content law. In an exclusive interview with the Zambian Business Times (ZBT), Mwaba revealed that, despite the law requiring both large and small-scale mines to allocate at least 20% of their annual procurement budget to Zambian suppliers, a threshold set to rise over time, some international mining companies mainly the Chinese firms, remain unresponsive to requests for engagement. “The...
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