Postscript Northern Rhodesian Copper Mining: The Prospects at Independence

فصل «Postscript Northern Rhodesian Copper Mining: The Prospects at Independence» از کتاب «Copper Empire» بر «معدن‌کاری زیرزمینی مس» در حوزه «زمین‌شناسی، اکتشاف و معدن‌کاری مس» تمرکز دارد. مباحث اصلی آن شامل هدف‌گذاری اکتشاف و مدل کانسار است. این فصل برای تفسیر کانسار، هدف‌گذاری اکتشاف، ارزیابی ذخیره و تصمیم‌گیری زمین‌شناسی کاربرد دارد و ارتباط میان نظریه، انتخاب روش، شاخص‌های عملکرد و محدودیت‌های صنعتی را روشن می‌کند.

By 1963, Mufulira had established itself as the second largest underground copper mine in the world, and the Chambishi ore body was due to be developed.1 Production, which had been cut back during 1963, was running at record levels by the time of independence.2 Assessing the outlook for the Copperbelt, Britain’s Trade Commissioner in Salisbury noted that the management of the copper market required the copper companies to buy and stockpile large quantities of the metal, which called for substantial financial resources. With the Copperbelt’s productive capacity increasing, it was possible that if managing the copper market, and maintaining current world prices, over a lengthy period proved difficult, the Northern Rhodesian economy might as a result suffer serious problems.