Baluba Mine (CLM CNMC) - Zambian Copperbelt (sitios de interés)

The Baluba mine has two shafts, B1-Shaft and B2-Shaft. The B1 shaft was sunk in 1973 and on the northern side of the ore body. It is used as a rock hoisting shaft and was sunk to 718m level. The B2 shaft was also sunk in 1973 and is adjacent to B1-Shaft. It is used as a service shaft for man-riding and material transport. It was sunk to 688m level (Source LCM EIS Vol1, 2004). The ore at Baluba mine is conveyed to the processing plant through a 11.5km cable conveyer belt where copper and cobalt concentrates are produced.