The Lumwana copper mine is a conventional open pit (truck and shovel) operation. It’s located about 100 kilometers west of Solwezi in Zambia’s Copperbelt — one of the most prospective copper regions in the world. Lumwana ore, which is predominantly sulfide, is treated through a conventional sulfide flotation plant, producing copper concentrate.
Links
- https://www.barrick.com/English/operations/lumwana/default.aspx
- https://goo.gl/maps/MywZh25Fc9aGU96u5
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-123106.html
Notes
Owner/operator: Barrick
Köppen climate type: Cwa : Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate
Media
- Aug-26: Caterpillar’s ultraclass 995 wheel loader delivered by Barloworld to Barrick’s Lumwana copper mine (checked 20-Aug-26)
- Jan-26: Barrick Gold expands Lumwana project with Metso’s Concorde Cell technology (checked Jan-26)
Created Sep-25; updated Jan-26, Aug-26