Business Insider Africa published on 27 July 2026 an article titled "Africa's Second-largest Copper Producer Curbs Raw Copper Exports and Makes Demands of Chinese Firms" by Awogbemila Temitope.
The Zambian government has restricted unrefined copper exports to force foreign mining and industrial companies to build local processing plants. Chinese companies invest heavily in Zambia's mining sector and will be the most impacted by this policy change.
