Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Floods slash H1 Zambia copper output by 15 pct

(Reuters) - Zambia's finished copper output for the six months to June has declined by 15 percent to 229,102 tonnes compared with the first half of 2006, the central bank said on Tuesday.

The Bank of Zambia (BoZ) said most copper mines had not reached their normal production levels by June after experiencing floods earlier in the year and that an export ban for copper ore by Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) authorities in March had also affected production.


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