Tue, 01 Aug 2017 09:43:25 +0000 By BUUMBA CHIMBULU ZAMBIA currently has more than one billion tonnes of unexploited iron ore found in all the 10 provinces which can be used to produce steel and other steel products. Kafue Steel technical director, Julius Kaoma, said Zambia had more iron ore than copper. “There is more iron ore in Zambia than copper but we are only known by copper. We have more than 1 billion tonnes of iron ore and it is found in all the 10 provinces of Zambia. We have to exploit the iron ore to produce steel, it is a localised production,” he said. Dr. Kaoma said in an interview that the Kafue-based company would soon start mining iron ore at Nsanje Hill for the production of steel products. He explained that the company was focused to produce more than 120, 000 tonnes of steel per annum. “We will be mining iron ore […]
