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

Reported by Mining Weekly · 18 Sep 2026 · Reuters

Vedanta's Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) has signed a $498-million deal with China's NERIN Engineering to build a copper recovery plant that will add 70 000 metric tons of annual output by extracting metal from existing mine tailings. The facility, to be built at KCM's operations in Chingola, a town…

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