Zambia: Mining, Minerals and Fuel Resources
Zambia's natural resources include uranium, silver, cobalt, copper, coal, lead, silver, zinc, emeralds, and gold. Zambia is also a chief global producer of semiprecious gemstones and cobalt. Zambia's social and economic backbone has always been its mining industry. The mining and refining of copper have been of immense importance in Zambia. Since the 1930s, a wide variety of non ...