Lumwana Copper Mine Zambia News Forging grinding Lumwana Mine is an open cut copper mine project in the North West province of Zambia 220km west of the Copperbelt and 65km west of the town of Solwezi It is reported to be Africa s largest copper mine was officially inaugurated in April 2009 by Equinox Minerals The bulk emulsion manufacturing plant was opened at the Lumwana copper