Kalumbila District

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Kalumbila District
District
Kalumbila District, Zambia 2022.png
District location in Zambia
CountryFlag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Province North-Western Province
Area
 • Total
16,456.2 km2 (6,353.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
177,067
 • Density11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (CAT)

Kalumbila District is a district of North-Western Province, Zambia. [1] [2] It was named after a mine of the same name (Kalumbila Mine) and was made independent from Solwezi District In 2016. [3] As of the 2022 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 177,067 people. [4]

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. [5]

The Enterprise Nickel Project is an open-pit nickel mine, also owned by First Quantum Minerals, and is 12 km from the Kalumbila Mine. [6] [7] The Kalumbila Mine processing facility will be used to produce nickel concentrate output. [6] [8] The project, estimated at U$275 million, [9] was expected to be operational at the end of 2021 but as of March 2022 was still yet to be operational. [10] [11] In May 2022, First Quantum Minerals approved an additional US$100 million investment the project, which is now expected to commence production in 2023. [12] [ needs update ]

References

  1. ↑ "Districts of Zambia". Statoids. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Zambia: Administrative Division". citypopulation. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Zambia : President Lungu creates two new Districts in North Western province". LusakaTimes.com. 2015-08-29. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
  4. ↑ 2022 Census of Population and Housing - Preliminary Report (PDF)
  5. ↑ IM-Mining (21 February 2022). "First Quantum-owned Kalumbila Minerals changes name to FQM Trident". im-mining.com. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  6. 1 2 nsenergybusiness (7 May 2022). "enterprise-nickel-project". nsenergybusiness.com. Retrieved 7 April 2022.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  7. ↑ cpcengineering (7 May 2022). "enterprise-nickel-concentrator". cpcengineering.com.au. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  8. ↑ copperbeltkatangamining (14 March 2020). "about-fqm-enterprise-project-in-zambia". copperbeltkatangamining.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  9. ↑ metalbulletin (7 May 2022). "First-Quantum-Minerals-60000-tpy-nickel-mine-in-Zambia-to-cost-275-million". metalbulletin.com. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ lusakatimes (23 March 2022). "we-are-not-interested-in-buying-mopani-or-kcm-fqm". lusakatimes.com. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  12. ↑ "africa/first-quantum-minerals-approves-125-bln-mine-expansion-zambia-2022-05-09". reuters.com. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.


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