Konkola is an area of

Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ...

, near Chingola, on the border with

Congo Congo or The Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the Congo River in central Africa: * Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, capital Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire, sometimes referred to a ...

. It has large copper reserves. There is a copper smelter at

Nchanga The Nchanga mines are a group of copper mining operations near the municipal town of Chingola in Zambia. Nchanga Open Pit Mine The Open Pits at Nchanga Mine are situated in a crescent shaped structure 11 km long around the municipal town ...

Konkola Copper Mines

Konkola Copper Mines Konkola Copper Mines is a copper mining and smelting company in Zambia. It is a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources, a mining conglomerate based in Mumbai and London. Konkola's name is abbreviated to KCM. Operations KCM currently produces 2 million ...

established a major mine in the area; it is now controlled by

Vedanta ''Vedanta'' (; sa, वेदान्त, ), also ''Uttara Mīmāṃsā'', is one of the six (''āstika'') schools of Hindu philosophy. Literally meaning "end of the Vedas", Vedanta reflects ideas that emerged from, or were aligned with, t ...

Konkola North

A new mine was started at Chililabombwe in October 2010; it is a joint venture between

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and

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. Production is expected to reach 45000 tons of copper concentrate per year. Vale expects to export copper by rail through

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{{coord missing, Zambia Populated places in Copperbelt Province Chililabombwe District