Kalumbila District Explained

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

See also: Mining in Zambia. 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.^[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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Districts of Zambia. Statoids. December 30, 2018.
2. Web site: Zambia: Administrative Division. citypopulation. December 30, 2018.
3. Web site: Zambia : President Lungu creates two new Districts in North Western province. 2015-08-29. LusakaTimes.com. en-GB. 2019-04-23.
4. https://www.ilo.org/sites/default/files/wcmsp5/groups/public/@africa/@ro-abidjan/@ilo-lusaka/documents/genericdocument/wcms_888660.pdf 2022 Census of Population and Housing - Preliminary Report
5. Web site: IM-Mining . 21 February 2022 . First Quantum-owned Kalumbila Minerals changes name to FQM Trident . 18 April 2022 . im-mining.com.
6. Web site: nsenergybusiness . 7 May 2022 . enterprise-nickel-project . 7 April 2022 . nsenergybusiness.com.
7. Web site: cpcengineering . 7 May 2022 . enterprise-nickel-concentrator . 7 May 2022 . cpcengineering.com.au.
8. Web site: copperbeltkatangamining . 14 March 2020 . about-fqm-enterprise-project-in-zambia . 7 May 2020 . copperbeltkatangamining.com.
9. Web site: metalbulletin . 7 May 2022 . First-Quantum-Minerals-60000-tpy-nickel-mine-in-Zambia-to-cost-275-million . 7 May 2022 . metalbulletin.com.
10. Web site: news.metal . 3 December 2021 . The-first-quantum-Enterprise-nickel-project-is-expected-to-be-put-into-production-by-the-end-of-the-year . 7 May 2022 . news.metal.com.
11. Web site: lusakatimes . 23 March 2022 . we-are-not-interested-in-buying-mopani-or-kcm-fqm . 7 May 2022 . lusakatimes.com.
12. Web site: 9 May 2022 . africa/first-quantum-minerals-approves-125-bln-mine-expansion-zambia-2022-05-09 . 9 May 2022 . reuters.com.