Officials in Zambia...banned a Chinese mining company from running a $832 million project because it allegedly failed to comply with certain environmental and labor conditions in its license agreement. China’s Nonferrous Mining Corporation had planned to build a copper mine in the South East Ore Body, which holds an estimated 76 million tons of copper reserves...But all work was halted after the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) issued a suspension of the company’s license following a November audit that showed that “the NFCA has failed to comply...[with] the conditions...relating to preparation of an approved comprehensive resettlement plan for affected parties by the project,”...According to ZEMA, the Chinese company failed to take a complete inventory of households, fields, land and structures that would be affected by the projects, as well as a “conflict resolution system” for people being displaced. Consequently, they have to safely suspend all activities until they comply with the requirements. [also refers to Shoprite & Vedanta Resources PLC]