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Zambia's KCM signs $498m deal with Chinese firm for copper recovery plant

The facility, to be built at KCM's operations in Chingola, a town in Zambia's copperbelt, will use leaching technology to process the mine waste and is expected to be the largest plant of its kind in Africa, the company said in a statement on Thursday.

Zambia's KCM signs $498m deal with Chinese firm for copper recovery plant

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The facility, to be built at KCM's operations in Chingola, a town in Zambia's copperbelt, will use leaching technology to process the mine waste and is expected to be the largest plant of its kind in...

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The facility, to be built at KCM's operations in Chingola, a town in Zambia's copperbelt, will use leaching technology to process the mine waste and is expected to be the largest plant of its kind in Africa, the company said in a statement on Thursday.

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The facility, to be built at KCM's operations in Chingola, a town in Zambia's copperbelt, will use leaching technology to process the mine waste and is expected to be the largest plant of its kind in Africa, the company said in a statement on Thursday.

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