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Zambia’s copper production to double to 1.5Mt next year – Mines Minister

Zambia’s copper output will rise by 5.5% to 750 000 t this year and output is expected to double to 1.5-million tonnes in 2017, Mines Minister Christopher Yaluma said on Thursday. Copper production in Africa’s second-biggest producer of the metal was at 711 515 t in 2015.