Congo Trumps Zambia as Top African Copper Miner, CRU Says
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Copper mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo last year probably surpassed Zambian output for the first time since 1988, making it Africa’s biggest producer, according to CRU Group.
Congo produced 846,000 metric tons of the metal in 2013, about 2 percent more than its southern neighbor, Piotr Ortonowski, a copper consultant at the London-based commodities analysis company, said yesterday, citing preliminary figures. Each country has the scope to more than double volumes in the next decade, he said.