Nduna ya zachuma ku Zambia, Bwalya Ng'andu, posachedwapa yanena kuti boma la Zambia silikufuna kutenga makampani ambiri ofukula migodi ndipo silikufuna kuyika makampani ofukula migodi m'dziko lonse.
M'zaka ziwiri zapitazi, boma latenga gawo la mabizinesi am'deralo a Glencore ndi Vedanta Limited. Mu nkhani yake mu Disembala watha, Purezidenti Lungu adati boma likuyembekeza "kukhala ndi magawo ambiri" m'migodi yosadziwika, zomwe zayambitsa nkhawa za anthu ambiri pankhani ya kukhazikitsidwa kwa dziko lonse. Pachifukwa ichi, Gandu adati mawu a Purezidenti Lungu amvedwa molakwika ndipo boma silidzatenga makampani ena amigodi mwamphamvu kapena kuwakhazikitsa kukhala dziko lonse.
Zambia yakumana ndi maphunziro opweteka kwambiri pankhani yokhudza kukhazikitsidwa kwa migodi m'zaka za m'ma 1900, ndipo kupanga kwatsika kwambiri, zomwe pamapeto pake zidapangitsa kuti boma lichotse mfundoyi m'zaka za m'ma 1990. Pambuyo pa kukhazikitsidwa kwa migodi, kupanga migodi kwawonjezeka katatu kuposa kale. Mawu a Gandu angathandize kuchepetsa nkhawa za omwe amalonda, kuphatikizapo First Quantum Mining Co., Ltd. ndi Barrick Gold.