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Konkola Copper Mines spokesman reported, KCM mining company has returned to the exploration and production at Nchanga copper smelter. Konkola Copper Mine copper production capacity of 300,000 tons per year.

The Nchanga smelter, commissioned in 2008 as part of KCM’s plans to ramp up production to 500,000 tonnes by 2011 from a projected 305,000 tonnes this year, has undergone several shutdowns since it started operations.

KCM, Zambia’s largest copper producer, has initiated several projects aimed at raising output, including the development of the Konkola Deep Mine Project (KDMP), which it hopes to bring on stream by 2010.

The company, which also operates the Konkola copper mine, the satellite Fitwaola mine and the Nampundwe pyrite mine, has also started reclaiming refractory ores at the Nchanga open pit to produce copper.

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