LUSAKA: Swiss mining giant Glencore, hard hit by collapsing commodity prices, has notified the Zambian government that its Mopani copper mine will lay off nearly 3,800 workers, the labor minister said on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila).

Glencore subsidiary Mopani Copper Mines cited low copper prices and power shortages in the southern African country as the reason for the job losses, Fackson Shamenda told Agence France-Presse.

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