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Golden value-addition for Zambian copper miner

Ultimate By-Product

By:  
Creamer Media Staff Writer
 
MINING IN ZAMBIA
Copper mining can produce lucrative by-products, with the most common one in Zambia being cobalt. It sells for five times more than copper on world markets. However, Zambia Chamber of Mines initiative Mining for Zambia (MFZ) points out that the ultimate by-product for any copper mine is gold and Canadian base metals producer First Quantum Minerals’ (FQM’s) Kansanshi copper mine, in the North-Western province town of Solwezi has a considerable amount of it.
 
 
 
 
 

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