Copperbelt

Today the Copperbelt is by far the biggest urban area in the country; it has about half a million people, or a seventh of the population.

Mining in an Underdeveloped Country of Africa 1964

Zambia and Congo share Africa's Copperbelt, which is believed to contain around 10% of the world's copper reserves and a third of global cobalt reserves.

Zambia, Congo Seek Funds to Mark Border Nicholas Bariyo 2010

Zambia and Congo share Africa's Copperbelt, which is believed to contain around 10% of the world's copper reserves and a third of global cobalt reserves.

Zambia, Congo Seek Funds to Mark Border Nicholas Bariyo 2010

Zambia and Congo share Africa's Copperbelt, which is believed to contain around 10% of the world's copper reserves and a third of global cobalt reserves.

Zambia, Congo Seek Funds to Mark Border Nicholas Bariyo 2010

Zambian miners at Chinese-owned Sino Metals copper plant in the Copperbelt went on strike Friday as a wave of wage demands continues to spread at Chinese-owned mines in Africa's top copper miner, a union official said.

Copper Miners in Zambia Demand Pay Rise Nicholas Bariyo 2011

Collum supplies the bulk of its coal to Zambia's vast copper and cobalt mines in the Copperbelt and North Western provinces.

Zambia May Drop Shooting Case Against Chinese Nicholas Bariyo 2011

Residents walk down a road in front of a plant owned by Mopani Copper Mines in Kitwe, a town on the Copperbelt in northern Zambia.

Glencore denies allegations over copper mine tax 2011

"In the next two weeks we should be able to conclude talks toward the acquisition of the first green field project," meaning new mines in areas where mining operations haven't previously been conducted, located mainly outside the country's Copperbelt province.

Zambia Seeks Greater Mining Profits Nicholas Bariyo 2012

Aged seven, he jumped a train from his home in the mineral-rich Copperbelt province and headed south to his uncle in Lusaka.

Zambia: From street child to college boy 2011

The management at NFCA Mining, a unit of China Nonferrous Metals Corp., sent a memo to the affected workers Wednesday, telling them they had been fired after failing to adhere to an order to end the strike to allow the commencement of labor negotiations, an official with the National Union of Miners and Allied Workers said by telephone from Kitwe, Copperbelt province.

Chinese-Owned Miner in Zambia Fires 1,000 Striking Workers Nicholas Bariyo 2011