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To: LoneClone who wrote (1651)	3/20/2007 12:50:55 PM
From: Stephen O	Respond to of 2131

Congo Governor Katumbi Blocks 300 Trucks From Zambian Border 2007-03-20 08:46 (New York) By Geoffrey Kapembwa March 20 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic Republic of Congo provincial governor Moise Katumbi is blocking more than 300 trucks laden with copper and cobalt from crossing into Zambia in a bid to stop illegal metal exports. The trucks have been stranded at the Kasumbalesa border post for more than two weeks, Jennipher Musonda, a permanent secretary in Zambia's Copperbelt region, said today in a telephone interview from Ndola, Zambia. ``We have cleared more than 200 trucks from our side, but our counterparts from DR Congo have refused,'' Musonda said. Most of the truck drivers have run out of money, she said. Katumbi, governor of the country's mineral-rich Katanga, is trying to stop illegal copper exports as well as encourage the smelting and refining of concentrate in Congo. About 200,000 metric tons of copper ore is exported illegally from the province every month, Katumbi said in an interview on March 8. --With reporting by Godfrey Mutizwa in Johannesburg. Editor: Lohoar.