Collum Coal Mine (CCM) - Zambian Copperbelt (sitios de interés)

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Other names: Kandabwe, Nkandabwe

 

 

Zambias Collum coal mine to quadruple output by 2008

Mr Xu Jian Xue, chairman of privately-owned Collum Coal Mining Industries Ltd, told Reuters in an interview his firm expected to double its production to 240,000 tonnes in 2007 and then lift it to 480,000 tonnes the following year. "There is high demand for coal from the copper mines and we currently cannot meet that demand as we are still growing. The business atmosphere is looking good and, coupled with a friendly investment atmosphere we should be able to grow" Mr Xu said.

Mr Xu said demand for coal was also rising from Zambia's largest cement producer, Chilanga Cement Plc, due to the government's plans to start constructing two new power plants and many housing units this year.

Collum Coal Mining Industries is owned and run by five Chinese brothers who each invested a total of $5 million to start mining coal in Kandabwe, 400 kilometers south of the Zambian capital Lusaka. Collum Coal Mining Industries started production with output of 10,000 tonnes of coal per month last January
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