KONKOLA COPPER MINES PLC

The development and operation of KONKOLA COPPER MINES PLC is of major economic significance to the Company and Zambians as a whole.Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), which operates the Konkola IBU (integrated beneficiation unit) in Zambia, processes copper ore through a combination of open-pit and underground mining, followed by various processing stages including crushing, milling, and concentration. The mine also includes a smelter, acid plant, and refinery, allowing for the production of copper cathodes.

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Mining and Crushing

The Konkola Deep Mining Project (KDMP) aims to extract high-grade copper concentrates from the Konkola Deeps orebody. .

Both open-pit and underground mining methods are used.Crushing reduces the ore to a consistent size for further processing.

Milling and Concentration

Crushed ore is milled to a fine powder and then mixed with water to form a slurry. Concentrators, like the ones at Nchanga and Konkola, use SAG mill technology to concentrate the copper ore.
The resulting copper concentrates are sent to the smelter for further processing. The mine is currently operating at 1150mL using sublevel mining method for copper ore bodies extraction.

Smelting and Refining

The refinery produces high-purity copper cathodes as the final product. Cobalt can also be recovered from the copper-cobalt alloy produced during the smelting process.

Konkola IBU

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KONKOLA COPPER MINES PLC

What we Do

Mining and Crushing

Milling and Concentration

Smelting and Refining