Zambia’s economy is fueled by copper production, which one of the country’s most important industries. In terms output, Zambia has around five large open-pit mines and eight significant underground mines. Government owns a stake in some these businesses. This article examines economic, social, technological, environmental ramifications mining Copperbelt area Zambia.

A bacterial strain, Pseudomonas putida S4, was isolated from smelter drainage of copper mines. The strain exhibited resistance to several heavy metals, like aluminium (Al), zinc (Zn), nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co) besides copper (Cu). Strain S4 could accumulate Cu from the Cu-supplemented growth medium. In the present study, we have demonstrated the Cu2+ removal capacity of this strain from various ...

A proper valoration and operation of mining resources should consider the reaction capacity of decision makers who face contingencies and sources of uncertainty involved. The Real Options Approach makes use of financial tools to valorate real assets, incorporating these features. Although the works carried out so far now consider the abandoning, closing and reopening of a mine deposit, they hav...

After the beginning of metal processing at the transition from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age, further knowledge of ore mining and smelting had spread from the Near East to central Europe. In the copper ore deposits of Schwaz, in the central part of the Alps, the oldest traces of copper mining derive from the early to middle Bronze Ages. Investigation of a middle to late Bronze Age (1410–920 c...

We measured the quartz content of 20 bulk settled dust and 200 respirable dust samples in a cross-sectional dust exposure assessment that is part of an epidemiological study to ascertain the risk of nonmalignant respiratory diseases among Zambian copper miners. Dust samples were collected from the copper mines of Mopani Copper Mine plc (Mufulira and Nkana Mines). Analytical measurements employe...

Extensively worked in antiquity, Skouriotissa remains the only active copper mine on island of Cyprus. The modern, open-cast operation, however, has almost completely obliterated earlier mining landscape. Here authors report results investigations, including dating, ancient topography mine. They incorporate spatial data derived from archival sources, recent fieldwork and absolute dating into a ...

Pseudomonas migulae ES3-33 is a Gram-negative strain that strongly reduces Se(IV) and was isolated from a selenium mining area in Enshi, southwest China. Here we present the draft genome of this strain containing potential genes involved in selenite reduction and a large number of genes encoding resistances to copper and antibiotics.