The open-pit Kalumbila copper mine, also known as Sentinel Mine, is located 150km west of Solwezi in the North Western Province of Zambia. The mine, owned by Canadian company, First Quantum Minerals since 2010, has one of the largest reserves of copper in the world, estimated at one billion tonnes of ore grading 0.51% copper. The plant has the capacity to treat 55 million tonnes of ore to produce 300 000 tonnes of copper per annum and represents a USD2.1 billion investment – Zambia’s largest infrastructure investment since the Kariba Dam was constructed in 1959. Mining capacity will eventually extend to around 65 million bulk cubic metres of ore and waste mined per annum.

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