(Reuters) - Zambia is set to double its annual copper output to 1 million tonnes by 2011 following the discovery of additional reserves, President Levy Mwanawasa said on Tuesday.
At a groundbreaking ceremony for a nickel mine in Munali Hills, 75 km (45 miles) south of Lusaka, Mwanawasa said the government planned to award new mining licenses to foreign firms to mine and process the newly discovered copper across Zambia.
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