Bindura Nickel Corporation
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Bindura Nickel Corporation (BNC) is a mining company based in Zimbabwe
's Mashonaland Central
. Bindura operates mines
and a smelter complex in the area of Bindura, Zimbabwe
. BNC is operated and majority-owned Mwana Africa plc
, an African multinational mining company based in Johannesburg
. BNC is listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange
. The chairman of the company is Mr. K. Mpinga.
Products include nickel
, copper
and cobalt
.
Smelter
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
's Mashonaland Central
Mashonaland Central
Mashonaland Central is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 28,347 km² and a population of approximately 998,265 , representing about 8.5% of the total Zimbabwe population.- Background :Bindura is the capital of the province...
. Bindura operates mines
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...
and a smelter complex in the area of Bindura, Zimbabwe
Bindura
Bindura is a town in the province of Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe. It is located in the Mazowe Valley about 88 km north-east of Harare. According to the 1982 Population Census, the town had a population of 18,243. This rose to 21,167 in the 1992 census. It is the administrative capital of the...
. BNC is operated and majority-owned Mwana Africa plc
Mwana Africa plc
Mwana Africa is a mining company based in Johannesburg and London. According to its website, it is the first African-owned and African-managed business to be listed in the Resources sector of the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market...
, an African multinational mining company based in Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
. BNC is listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange
Zimbabwe Stock Exchange
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, or ZSE, is the official stock exchange of Zimbabwe. It has been open to foreign investment since 1993. The exchange has about a dozen members and over 65 listed securities...
. The chairman of the company is Mr. K. Mpinga.
Operations
Mines- Shangani Mine
- Trojan Mine
Products include nickel
Nickel
Nickel is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge. Nickel belongs to the transition metals and is hard and ductile...
, copper
Copper
Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu and atomic number 29. It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. Pure copper is soft and malleable; an exposed surface has a reddish-orange tarnish...
and cobalt
Cobalt
Cobalt is a chemical element with symbol Co and atomic number 27. It is found naturally only in chemically combined form. The free element, produced by reductive smelting, is a hard, lustrous, silver-gray metal....
.
Smelter
- The Bindura Smelter and Refinery Complex is located south of the town of Bindura. The smelter produces nickel cathodes, copper sulphide and cobalt hydroxide.
See also
- Nickel mining and extraction
- Copper mining and extractionCopper extractionCopper extraction techniques refers to the methods for obtaining copper from its ores. This conversion consists of a series of chemical, physical, and electrochemical processes. Methods have evolved and vary with country depending on the ore source, local environmental regulations, and other...