[miningmx.com] – MINING firms in Zambia have agreed to cut power usage by between 10% and 15% to ease pressure on the country’s national grid, said Reuters citing a statement from the Chamber of Mines.
“We reached an agreement yesterday with the Copperbelt Energy Corporation and the government to put in place measures that will cut back consumption of power,” Jackson Sikamo, president of the Zambia Chamber of Mines told Reuters.
Zambian power utility Zesco is limiting power it supplies to customers, including mining companies, after water levels at its hydro-electric plants dropped due to drought. Firms will limit their power use by switching off of non-essential loads, he said.
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