Copper Belt

noun

1. a region of Central Africa, along the border between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo: rich deposits of copper

Example Sentences

Rescuers have been searching for the miners since early Friday after they were buried Thursday night while digging tunnels at an open-pit mine near the city of Chingola on the country’s copper belt.

From Washington Times

Rescuers have been searching for the miners since early Friday after they were buried Thursday night while digging tunnels at an open-pit mine near the city of Chingola on the country’s copper belt.

From Seattle Times

Residents in the capital Lusaka as well as Kitwe and Ndola in the copper belt said they were without power.

From Reuters

Companies mining in Congo’s southern copper belt include Glencore subsidiary Katanga Mining, China Molybdenum’s Tenke Fungurume, MMG, and Chemaf, while Ivanhoe Mines is developing two copper mines there.

From Reuters

I shared mine with two others on our two-night and three-day journey: a Zambian farmer from the copper belt, who had spent time in Tanzania buying seeds, plants for his farm and bags of rice for his family, and a young South Korean, who had completed his military service and was on his way to see Victoria Falls.

From BBC