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The copper boom in Zambia comes with a toxic price

Writer: Morgan Mbulo
Morgan Mbulo
Apr 8
1 min read

Updated: 4 days ago

As spills spoil crops and development forces people to move, Canadian- and Chinese-owned mines leave challenges for the future

Man standing in a green crop field and pointing across the farmland under a blue sky
Timothy Chakawa Kapili, whose farm is across a small river from a copper mine run by Rongxing Investments, says waste leaks from the Chinese-owned mine have damaged his crops.

Morgan Mbulo/The Globe and Mail


 
 
 

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