Mine detail: (Facility) Nkana Copper Smelter

Previously called 'Nkana'

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Location: Copperbelt, Zambia, Africa
Lat / long: -12.83068, 28.18463
dep_id: 10232134
mas_id: 7940051001
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
Operation type: Processing Plant
Development status: Plant
Reporter: Towle, Stewart W.
Year first produced: 1932
References:
  • Deposit:: PINCOCK, ALLEN & HOLT, INC.; THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING,
  • Deposit:: OPERATING AND ENVIRONMENTAL COST DATA FOR INTERNATIONAL
  • Deposit:: COPPER SMELTING AND REFINING OPERATIONS - NKANA, ZAMBIA.
  • Deposit:: BUMINES CONTRACT J0290007; FOR INF., CONTACT S.W. TOWLE,
  • Deposit:: TPO, BUMINES-MAFO, DENVER, CO.
  • Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, LONDON; CHILEAN TECHNOLOGY UPDATES NKANA
  • Deposit:: SMELTER, ZAMBIA, FEB. 14, 1992, P. 121.
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