Copper Mines In Zambia

By: Alex Elizalde

What is Copper?

• Copper is a chemical element with the symbol of Cu on the periodic table.

• Very ductile and high thermal and electrical conductivity.

• Pure copper is soft and is in a pink or peach color.

• A transitional metal

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How is mined?

• Most copper ore is mined or extracted as copper from open pit mines.

• deposits that contain 0.4 to 1.0 percent copper.

• Copper has been in use at least 10,000 years, but more than 95 percent of all copper ever mined and smelted has been extracted since 1900.

• Chile, Peru, Zaire, and Zambia are the biggest producers of copper. wearepower.wordpress.com

How is it taken from the ground?

• The most common form of copper ore is chalcopyrite.

• Electro refining, Smelting, and Roasting are some methods of taking the copper out of chalcopyrite.

• There are a lot of other forms of copper but they aren't as good as chalcopyrite. odyssei.com

Zambia copper

• Zambia has one of the best copper belts in the world and now is being overused.

• The companies are polluting local rivers and wildlife.

• These are also harming the works because of the fumes.

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working conditions

• The working conditions in Zambia are getting worse and worse.

• The hours are getting longer and people are dying from the toxic fumes of pure copper and other chemicals used in the making it.

• Now the wife's of the miners are protesting against the bad working conditions dhtsv.com

Pollutions in water

• The chemicals from the mines are being leaked into the people river water which used to be clean and fresh and now are dirty and undrinkable.

• People are getting burns from the acidic chemicals that are being used in the mines.

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Pollution to plants

• The water that is leaking out of the mines and refineries are soaking into the ground and making plants die,

• Areas that used to be fertile now are unusable because of the bad soil that wont go away for centuries.

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Pollution to wildlife

• Animals are also no exception to the dangers of the copper.

• Copper has made a lot of the animals there migrate to a place where they can actually live without being poised.

• About 15% of the native animals have left and more will keep leaving if they don’t stop.

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