Zambian mine in first-of-a-kind tailings dump site rehab, hopes to eventually produce biodiesel

Zambia’s largest integrated copper producer, Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), owned by global conglomerate Vedanta Resources, has launched the first project of its kind in Zambia to rehabilitate a mining site. The project, launched earlier this month, aims to cultivate elite Pongamia Pinnata trees for biodiesel production at a mining waste site.