Following $ 3 billion of investment by its majority shareholder , Vedanta and from internal resources , Konkola Copper Mines plc ( KCM ) wants to extend profitable operation for at least half a century : CEO Steven Din tells us how

Zambia has been heavily dependent on copper for decades , and its Copperbelt is probably still the best-known deposit . Today the country is internationally recognised as a premier producer of this product , and is ranked as the world ’ s eighth lar gest producer of copper . One of the largest mining operations in the country is the Konkola Copper Mines plc ( KCM ). Indeed KCM is the largest integrated copper producer in Zambia . It is a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources , a company with its roots in India , though now headquartered in London where it is listed on the LSE .