Zambia president says to prevent job losses at Barrick Gold's mine

President Edgar Lungu said on Monday his government would not allow mining jobs to be lost at Barrick Gold's Zambian copper mine after the company said it plans to close the business due to high royalties. More than 2 000 unionised workers at the Lumwana copper mine owned stopped work on Monday demanding to know what will happen to them when the company closes the business.