Air and water pollution in the Zambian Copper Mining Industry is considered to be one of the most significant environmental problems facing the communities living in and around the mining operation areas. It is quite a complex issue which cuts across various environmental, social, economic and...
Download PDF ↓Studies done on Mimbula ore have been on agitation leaching, high temperature and pressure leaching and treatment of refractory ore (TORCO) process. However these methods attracted significantly high capital investment leaving heap leaching as a more economically attractive method to be...
Download PDF ↓Mopani Copper Mines Plc. (MCM) is sinking a vertical rock and man shaft. The rock hoisting winder will handle 2.0 million tonnes of ore per annum. The project will significantly boost the current productivity of Mindola Mine, as it will enable the company to increase ore production from 800...
Download PDF ↓Release analyses were done on the Chingola Refractory Ores (CRO), which is a mixture of refractory oxides and sulphide copper minerals with an average grade of 1.37% total copper (TCu) with the goal of optimising the froth flotation process of Chingola Refractory Ores. Cupriferous mica,...
Download PDF ↓Konkola Copper Mines’ (KCM) Nchanga smelter utilises a modern technology of direct to blister flash smelting process designed by Outotec, Finland. Slags from the direct to blister flash smelting unit are carbothermically reduced through a two stage electric slag cleaning furnaces (ESCF) to...
Download PDF ↓There has been a lot of outcry from the public that Zambia’s mineral tax reforms, with an aim to optimize revenue benefits from the mines, have not yielded the desired results. This has mainly been attributed to the weak design of its legislated mineral taxation systems. Due to this underlying...
Temperatures and humidity at Mindola Sub-Vertical (MSV) shaft have been rising with depth as mining of lower lying copper reserves is achieved. This rise in temperature has been catalysed by a number factors notably the increase of diesel equipment, geothermal gradient (increase in depth), auto...
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