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Zambia sees 2017 copper output exceeding 770,000 tonnes

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LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambia’s copper production is expected to exceed the 770,000 tonnes the southern African nation produced last year, Finance Minister Felix Mutati said on Friday.

Mutati said in a budget speech that copper production in Africa’s No.2 producer of the metal stood at 510,369 tonnes at the end of August.

(Reporting by Chris Mfula; Editing by Ed Stoddard)

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