Equinox Minerals Lumwana Copper Mine, Zambia

Producer Of

Copper

Location

North West province, Zambia

Ownership

Equinox Minerals Ltd

Geology Type

Antiformal inliers surrounded by metasediments

Mineral Type

Disseminated sulphides dominated by chalcopyrite and bornite

Reserve Base

Measured and Indicated reserves – 5.97 billion pounds Cu; Inferred resources – more than 7.8 billion pounds Cu

Annual Production

Average of 122,000t Cu/year over 37-year mine life

Mining Method

Open pit

Processing Method

Crushing, conventional flotation then dewatering concentrate

Employment

1,000

Open Pit

Hitachi 240t diesel-electric haul units, Hitachi 4,000t/h diesel excavator/shovel and Caterpillar 100t units

Processing Plant

FL Smidth Minerals mills, regrind mill and primary gyratory crusher; Wemco rougher cells; FL Smidth Krebs cyclone clusters and Larox filter press

Engineering Contractor

Ausenco-Bateman Joint Venture