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 ↓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...
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...
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