What will Kansanshi’s S3 expansion mean for Zambia? For starters, it will almost double the North-Western Province mine’s current copper output, responding to the world’s growing need for this metal that’s critical to the green energy transition.
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Almost two years after becoming the first woman in Zambia to head up an exploration company at Kobold Metals' Africa division, Ms Mfikeyi Makayi tells Mining For Zambia how she got where she is today, and what it’s like...
In May 2022, First Quantum Minerals (FQM) reinforced its commitment to Zambia by investing $1.25 billion in an expansion project at Kansanshi, known as the ‘S3 project’. The project will extend the life of mine by 20 years, protect...
Anthony Mukutuma has had a successful and varied mining career around the world with First Quantum Minerals (FQM) where, as General Manager of Kansanshi, he’s now overseeing the mine’s exciting new pit and smelter expansion, known as S3, due...
Ensuring safety in the workplace is a never-ending job – especially when your workplace is a mine site. First Quantum Minerals believes that safety improves when workers are well-equipped to assess their environment, identify hazards and take action using...
Progress has been the name of the game at Kansanshi copper mine this month, where the first in a fleet of 36 new trucks has just been put into commission. It’s a Hitachi EH4000 (RD170) dump truck, and these...
Meet Maambo Malambo, Optimisation Superintendent for Mining Operations at Kansanshi Mine, and find out about the important work that she and her colleagues do to keep Kansanshi producing copper every day.
By reviewing the previous day’s performance – from drilling...
In our last interview, Mining For Zambia spoke to KoBold Metals’ co-founder and President Josh Goldman about the company’s innovative approach to mineral exploration and how it can speed up the process of finding and delineating mineral reserves. But...
Zambia was once again among the world’s five least attractive jurisdictions for mining investment – that is, according to the Fraser Institute’s latest Annual Survey of Mining Companies. For members of Zambia’s Government, mining industry insiders, finance professionals –...
How many people would leave a prestigious job, their home, their family, and the lifestyle that they’d worked incredibly hard to build for a tent in rural Zambia, in pursuit of a dream? That’s what Dr Sixtus Mulenga did....
