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Nchanga Mines

Index Nchanga Mines

The Nchanga mines are a group of copper mining operations near the municipal town of Chingola in Zambia. [1]

7 relations: Chingola, Cobalt, Copper, Open-pit mining, Plateau, Tailings, Zambia.

Chingola

Chingola is a city in Zambia's Copperbelt Province, the country's copper-mining region, with a population of 157,340 (2008 census).

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Cobalt

Cobalt is a chemical element with symbol Co and atomic number 27.

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Copper

Copper is a chemical element with symbol Cu (from cuprum) and atomic number 29.

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Open-pit mining

Open-pit, open-cast or open cut mining is a surface mining technique of extracting rock or minerals from the earth by their removal from an open pit or borrow.

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Plateau

In geology and physical geography a plateau (or; plural plateaus or plateaux),is also called a high plain or a tableland, it is an area of a highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain that is raised significantly above the surrounding area, often with one or more sides with steep slopes.

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Tailings

Tailings, also called mine dumps, culm dumps, slimes, tails, refuse, leach residue or slickens, terra-cone (terrikon), are the materials left over after the process of separating the valuable fraction from the uneconomic fraction (gangue) of an ore.

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Zambia

Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in south-central Africa, (although some sources prefer to consider it part of the region of east Africa) neighbouring the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nchanga_Mines

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