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Konkola Mine of Konkola Copper Mines Plc comprises of Number 1 and 3 Shafts located on the northern most part of the Zambian Copperbelt. The mining licence area is characterised by the Kirilabombwe anticline dividing the West and North Limbs striking generally in the northwest to southeast...

Nchanga Underground Mine applies a variant of block cave mining to exploit the massive copper ore deposits with generally low ore grades fairly distributed within the orebody. Mining activities date as far back as 1937 when underground production commenced. Traditional block caving mining method...

The objective of this research was to characterise the rockmass to determine appropriate support system for the decline with the 4.5m height and 4m wide in highly aquifer strata, recharging the water flow of 18, 000 cubic meters per day. As a result production targets reduced due to excessive...

All sheet metal forming processes occur after permanent plastic deformation resulting in the material properties changing and therefore it is necessary to determine the extent to which a material can further be deformed for subsequent forming operations. Traditionally, experimental trial and...

This research work was to provide a locally produced electric motor to drive the UNZA pump.The work was carried out by using the UNZA pump parameters and electric motor material from published works on the electric motor design and manufacture and real experience from examining electric motors in...

Environmental impacts of coal mining and processing operations on land, water and air are identified, measured, evaluated, interpreted and discussed. The impacts of these operations are scarring most of the areas, land surface degradation, pollution of surface water bodies as well as air...