Kalumbila District
Kalumbila District | |
|---|---|
 District location in Zambia | |
| Country |  Zambia |
| Province | North-Western Province |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16,456.2 km2 (6,353.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 177,067 |
| • Density | 11/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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Districts of Zambia". Statoids. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Zambia: Administrative Division". citypopulation. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Zambia : President Lungu creates two new Districts in North Western province". LusakaTimes.com. 2015-08-29. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
- ^ 2022 Census of Population and Housing - Preliminary Report (PDF)
- ^ IM-Mining (21 February 2022). "First Quantum-owned Kalumbila Minerals changes name to FQM Trident". im-mining.com. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ a b nsenergybusiness (7 May 2022). "enterprise-nickel-project". nsenergybusiness.com. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ cpcengineering (7 May 2022). "enterprise-nickel-concentrator". cpcengineering.com.au. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ copperbeltkatangamining (14 March 2020). "about-fqm-enterprise-project-in-zambia". copperbeltkatangamining.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ metalbulletin (7 May 2022). "First-Quantum-Minerals-60000-tpy-nickel-mine-in-Zambia-to-cost-275-million". metalbulletin.com. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ lusakatimes (23 March 2022). "we-are-not-interested-in-buying-mopani-or-kcm-fqm". lusakatimes.com. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "africa/first-quantum-minerals-approves-125-bln-mine-expansion-zambia-2022-05-09". reuters.com. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
| Central Province | |
|---|---|
| Copperbelt Province | |
| Eastern Province | |
| Luapula Province | |
| Lusaka Province | |
| Muchinga Province | |
| Northern Province | |
| North-Western Province | |
| Southern Province | |
| Western Province | |
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