Why Kansanshi is famous
Kansanshi in Zambia makes copper and gold. It was Zambia's only large-scale gold producer, and its gold output fell almost 12 per cent to 3,993 kg in 2020 from 4,522 kg in 2019. In September 2020 First Quantum announced a USD 650 million plan to raise capacity by 25 Mt a year, due by 2025.1,2,3
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Kansanshi today
Where copper is mined todayWhere gold is mined todayMining in Zambia
Sources
- Minerals Yearbook 2020-21, volume III: The Mineral Industry of Zambia US Geological Survey
- data/minerals/operations.csv Prospector Trails (internal)
- 2020-21 Minerals Yearbook, Zambia (advance release) US Geological Survey
From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.
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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Crushers by photosmith2011, Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0; Ball mills and SAG mills by photosmith2011, Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0. Pictures: Chiquicamata Mine, Chile, NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team (Public domain (NASA media, no copyright)); Kopermijn te Kolwezi in de provincie Shaba (Katanka), Mieremet, Rob / Anefo / Europeana (Public Domain Mark 1.0).