In Zambia, copper mining has largely overshadowed the exploitation of other potential minerals. Recent developments have shown that, gemstone mining, namely emeralds and amethysts have begun to assume a significant role. In the past two decades, Zambia has become one of the major gemstone...
Download PDF ↓Konkola Mine is one of the wettest mines in the world. It pumps about 350,000m3 of water per day. From the inception of mining operations in 1956, water has always posed a challenge to mining despite the use of dewatering strategy involving dewatering crosscuts and dewatering boreholes. The...
Download PDF ↓Konkola Copper Mines Plc (KCM) is undergoing full mechanization drive aimed at increasing levels of production from the current 2.4 million tonnes to 7.5 million tonnes per annum. The mechanization of the mines will provide a large potential for reduced costs and improved profits, while at the...
Download PDF ↓Blasting is the process of fracturing material through the detonation of industrial explosives placed into drilled holes suitably located to a free surface. Every blast hole containing a calculated amount of explosive charge undergoes impulsive loading when detonated and results in the dynamic...
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