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Data from Zambian Ministry of Finance & National Planning show copper output was 575,780tonnes in the first nine months of 2016.
Zambia Miners & Allied Workers Union expects the country’s copper output to be 750,000 tonnes during January and September this year.
Zambia is the second largest copper producing country in Africa.
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