Billionaire Agarwal Commits to Settling Zambia’s Creditors Prior to Mine Reacquisition
“Vedanta Resources Ltd. is ready to pay $250 million owed to suppliers in Zambia as soon as it resumes control of the copper mines that were seized by the southern African nation’s government more than four years ago. Former President Edgar Lungu’s administration placed Konkola Copper Mines under provisional liquidation in 2019, after accusing Anil Agarwal’s Vedanta of lying about expansion plans and paying too little tax. That sparked a series of court cases, culminating
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