TD16 Luano / Chambishi (NFCA CNMC) - Zambian Copperbelt (sitios de interés)

Luano Tailings Dam (TD 16) is situated to the north west of the Chambishi Open Pit and the Plant Area. It consists of an earthfill cross-valley main embankment which impounds most of the tailings and a smaller paddock in the north -eastern corner, cut off from the main depository by an earthfill bund wall, where oxide tailings are stored. The TD is a classified, decommissioned dam at which deposition ceased in 1989/90 following the commissioning of the Musakashi Tailings Dam to which the tailings from the NFCA concentrator are being sent. A coffer dam has been constructed within the Luano Tailings Facility to contain tailings should an emergency situation arise.