The Mopani copper mine, Zambia
This mine belongs to the consortium Mopani Copper Mine (MCM), whose main shareholder is the Swiss firm Glencore. MCM owns the mines at Nkana and Mufulira, both situated in the Copperbelt, a mineralrich area stretching across a part of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Mufulira mine borders on the towns of Kantanshi, Kankoyo and ...