COPPER MINNING

Minerals are a major source of wealth, and  Africa is rich in minerals. However, mineral wealth is not evenly distributed through out the continent. In Zambia mining is both by open cast method and the shaft or pit method.
Heavy machines are used to make wide long tunnels with drills to break the rocks containing copper. The rocks are then brought out of the tunnels on wide conveyor belts.
They are then carried in trucks to the crushing factory for processing.

Location: KITENGELA, KENYA, NAIROBI