Kalumbila_District

Kalumbila District

Kalumbila District

District in North-Western Province, Zambia

Kalumbila District is a district of North-Western Province, Zambia.[1][2] It was named after a mine of the same name (Kalumbila Mine) and was made independent from Solwezi District In 2016.[3]

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Mining

See also: Mining in Zambia

Kalumbila Mine is a copper mine operated by FQM Trident Limited (previously known as Kalumbila Minerals), a wholly owned subsidiary of First Quantum Minerals of Canada.[4]

The Enterprise Nickel Project is an open-pit nickel mine, also owned by First Quantum Minerals, and is 12 km from the Kalumbila Mine.[5][6] The Kalumbila Mine processing facility will be used to produce nickel concentrate output.[5][7] The project, estimated at U$275 million,[8] was expected to be operational at the end of 2021 but as of March 2022 was still yet to be operational.[9][10] In May 2022, First Quantum Minerals approved an additional US$100 million investment the project, which is now expected to commence production in 2023.[11]

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    news.metal (3 December 2021). "The-first-quantum-Enterprise-nickel-project-is-expected-to-be-put-into-production-by-the-end-of-the-year". news.metal.com. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
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