Mopani Copper Mines PLC

Mopani Copper Mines PLC is Zambian-registered integrated mining investment with operations in Kitwe and Mufulira districts of the Copperbelt Province in the Republic of Zambia. The company’s operations encompass the full range of the copper production chain: from extracting the ore underground to concentrating, smelting, refining, and packaging the finished cathode for export.
Mopani Copper Mines PLC is 51 percent owned by Delta Mining Limited, a subsidiary of International Resources Holding of the United Arab Emirates and 49 percent ZCCM Investment Holdings PLC, a diversified mining investments and operations holding company of Zambia.
IRH acquired the 51 percent shareholding in 2024 from ZCCM-IH, which had wholly owned Mopani from 2021 after buying off the previous majority stake in the mine from Carlisa Investments – a joint venture between Swiss commodity trader Glencore and Canadian-based First Quantum Minerals. Carlisa Investments ran Mopani from privatisation in 2000.
With a rich history in mining and processing dating back to the 1930s, Mopani Copper Mines PLC’s assets in Kitwe and Mufulira include underground mines, concentrators, a smelter and a refinery. The company has continued upgrading its infrastructure by investing in new technologies to increase production and improve efficiencies. The new infrastructure includes three deep shafts (Synclinorium, Mindola and Henderson), which were sunk and equipped between 2014 and 2021 to extend the life of the mine by over 25 years, safeguard the existing jobs at both mine sites and ensure Mopani’s continuous contribution to Zambia’s economic development.
Mopani Copper Mines PLC remains committed to supporting the social-economic development of the host communities through its robust Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes. The company supports the development of sports, local enterprises, education, health, basic infrastructure as well as water and sanitation in the communities of Kitwe and Mufulira.