Ua ʻōlelo koke aku nei ke Kuhina Waiwai o Zambia ʻo Bwalya Ngʻandu ʻaʻole manaʻo ke aupuni Zambia e lawe i nā ʻoihana mining hou aʻe a ʻaʻohe ona hoʻolālā e hoʻolilo i ka ʻoihana mining i aupuni.
I nā makahiki ʻelua i hala iho nei, ua loaʻa i ke aupuni kekahi hapa o nā ʻoihana kūloko o Glencore lāua ʻo Vedanta Limited. Ma kahi haʻiʻōlelo i Dekemaba i hala, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pelekikena Lungu e manaʻolana ana ke aupuni e "loaʻa i kahi helu nui o nā ʻāpana" ma nā mines i kuhikuhi ʻole ʻia, ka mea i hoʻāla i ka hopohopo o ka lehulehu e pili ana i kahi nalu hou o ka hoʻokele aupuni ʻana. Ma kēia ʻano, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gandu ua kuhihewa ʻia ka ʻōlelo a Pelekikena Lungu a ʻaʻole loa ke aupuni e lawe ikaika i nā ʻoihana mining ʻē aʻe a i ʻole e hoʻokele aupuni iā ​​lākou.
Ua ʻike ʻo Zambia i nā haʻawina ʻeha i ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o nā mines ma ke aupuni i ke kenekulia i hala, a ua hāʻule nui ka hana ʻana, a ua alakaʻi hope i ke aupuni e hoʻopau i ke kulekele i nā makahiki 1990. Ma hope o ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ʻana, ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hana ʻana o ka mines ma mua o ʻekolu. Hiki i nā ʻōlelo a Gandu ke hōʻoluʻolu i nā hopohopo o nā mea hoʻopukapuka kālā, me First Quantum Mining Co., Ltd. a me Barrick Gold.