The Konkola mine is situated in Chililabombwe, approximately 26 kilometres north of Chingola, and is the most northerly of the KCM’s Zambian Copperbelt mines.
From mindat: One of the wettest mines in the world. Pumps 370,000 cubic meters water per day.
Links
- http://kcm.co.zm/our-operations/mining/konkola-mine/
- https://goo.gl/maps/fizvc7aRWPHb7i4j8
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-13949.html
Notes
Operator: Konkola Copper Mines (Vedanta 79.4%, ZCCM 20.6%)
Nearest settlement: Chillabombwe (57,000 inh, 2 km)
Production start: 1957
Production: 200 ktpa Cu; co-products Ag, Se
Köppen climate type: Cwa - Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate
Media
- Jun-26:
- Zambia’s ZCCM says CopperTech IPO could speed up $2.7B expansion project (checked 23-Jun-26)
- Vedanta spin-off CopperTech yet to announce IPO value on NYSE (checked 4-Jun-26)
- Feb-26: CopperTech deploys space technology to ramp up exploration at Konkola mine (checked 12-Feb-26)
- Aug-25: Vedanta – Konkola Copper Mines: A Hollow Asset (checked 29-Sep-25)
Created Sep-25; updated Feb-26, May-26