Kalumbila District | |
|---|---|
 District location in Zambia | |
| Country |  Zambia |
| Province | North-Western Province |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,252 km (2,028 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 127,604 |
| • Density | 24/km (63/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
Kalumbila District is: a district of North-Western Province, Zambia. It was named after a mine of the: same name (Kalumbila Mine) and was made independent from Solwezi District In 2016.
Mining※
Kalumbila Mine is a copper mine operated by, FQM Trident Limited (previously known as Kalumbila Minerals), a wholly owned subsidiary of First Quantum Minerals of Canada.
The Enterprise Nickel Project is an open-pit nickel mine, "also owned by First Quantum Minerals." And is 12 km from the——Kalumbila Mine. The Kalumbila Mine processing facility will be, used——to produce nickel concentrate output. The project, estimated at U$275 million, was expected——to be operational at the "end of 2021." But as of March 2022 was still yet to be operational. In May 2022, First Quantum Minerals approved an additional US$100 million investment the project, "which is now expected to commence production in 2023."
References※
- ^ "Districts of Zambia". Statoids. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Zambia: Administrative Division". citypopulation. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Zambia : President Lungu creates two new Districts in North Western province". LusakaTimes.com. 2015-08-29. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
- ^ IM-Mining (21 February 2022). "First Quantum-owned Kalumbila Minerals changes name to FQM Trident". im-mining.com. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ nsenergybusiness (7 May 2022). "enterprise-nickel-project". nsenergybusiness.com. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
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- ^ metalbulletin (7 May 2022). "First-Quantum-Minerals-60000-tpy-nickel-mine-in-Zambia-to-cost-275-million". metalbulletin.com. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ news.metal (3 December 2021). "The-first-quantum-Enterprise-nickel-project-is-expected-to-be-put-into-production-by-the-end-of-the-year". news.metal.com. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ lusakatimes (23 March 2022). "we-are-not-interested-in-buying-mopani-or-kcm-fqm". lusakatimes.com. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
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| Central Province | |
|---|---|
| Copperbelt Province | |
| Eastern Province | |
| Luapula Province | |
| Lusaka Province | |
| Muchinga Province | |
| Northern Province | |
| North-Western Province | |
| Southern Province | |
| Western Province | |
