Zambia will not take over struggling mines: President Lungu

Zambia does not plan to take over the struggling mines that have shed jobs after a sharp fall in global copper prices and power shortages, President Edgar Lungu said on Thursday. "The government can run the mines but we have no intention to take over the mines," Lungu said, adding that government tried its best to keep the job losses to a minimum and that the troubles in the sector would lower economic growth.