Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Waiwai ʻo Zambian Bwalya Ngʻandu ʻaʻole i manaʻo ke aupuni Zambian e lawe i nā ʻoihana mining hou aʻe a ʻaʻohe manaʻo e hoʻolilo i ka ʻoihana mining.
I nā makahiki ʻelua i hala iho nei, ua loaʻa i ke aupuni kahi ʻāpana o nā ʻoihana kūloko o Glencore a me Vedanta Limited.Ma kahi haʻiʻōlelo i ka mahina ʻo Dekemaba i hala, ua haʻi ʻo Pelekikena Lungu e manaʻo ke aupuni e "loaʻa ka nui o nā ʻāpana" i nā mines i ʻike ʻole ʻia, kahi i hoʻāla ai i nā hopohopo lehulehu e pili ana i kahi nalu hou o ka lāhui.Ma kēia mea, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gandu ua kuhi hewa ʻia ka ʻōlelo a Pelekikena Lungu a ʻaʻole loa e lawe ikaika ke aupuni i nā ʻoihana mining ʻē aʻe a i ʻole e hoʻolilo iā lākou.
Ua ʻike ʻo Zambia i nā haʻawina ʻehaʻeha i ka nationalization o nā mines i ke kenekulia i hala, a ua hāʻule nui ka hana, a ua alakaʻi i ke aupuni e kāpae i ke kulekele i nā makahiki 1990.Ma hope o ka privatization, ʻoi aku ka nui o kaʻu hana ma mua o ʻekolu.Hiki i nā ʻōlelo a Gandu ke hōʻoluʻolu i nā hopohopo o nā mea hoʻopukapuka, me ka First Quantum Mining Co., Ltd. a me Barrick Gold.