Africa’s biggest nickel mineFirst Quantum Minerals Ltd. started production at what is set to turn into Africa’s biggest nickel mine, furthering Zambia’s aim of becoming a key supplier of battery metals for the electric vehicle revolution.
The mine is expected to ramp up annual production to 32,000 tons of nickel over the next two years, according to First Quantum’s project manager Axel Kttgen. That would make Zambia the continent’s largest producer of the metal used in manufacturing batteries for EVs, the company said.