Baluba Mine Survival Plan
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1 B A A L L U B B A A MINE ’ ’ s s SUR R V V I V V A A L L P P L L A A N 1 1 :P P r ea a m b b l l e e : During 2006, the Baluba concentrator under the leadership of Ken Seecharran as Manager and ably supported by Vincent Namushi as Plant metallurgist, and logistics provided by Johnson Chola as General Foreman, experimented with the reprocessing of discarded 14 shaft mine waste, which was crushed and dumped on the surface between the early 1950’s and the mid 1980’s. Mr Seecharran used his vast copper flotation experience on three continents to support his economic justification of a total copper recovery of 55% for the treatment process. Fi g g u r re e 1: L L ua a n s s h h y y a C C o op p p p e r r Mine e s s a a s s s s e e e en f f r r o o mR R o o a an T T o o w wn s s h hip p In reality, the plant achieved 65% copper recovery; this was as a result of the commitment of the plant operators to this noble cause. As Mr Seecharran was leaving Zambia to take up an appointment in the DR Congo, he cited this achievement of using surface waste to make copper in his farewell message to the metallurgical staff by saying, “W e have proven that in the unlikely event of the present investors having to w alk aw ay from Luanshya, you guys will never have to endure what you w ent through with the unceremonio us departure of Binani. My staff and I proved that copper
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