India Sends Geologists to Zambia to Explore Copper and Cobalt Deposits
This year, the Zambia government agreed to allocate 9,000 km (3,475 miles square) to India for the discovery of Cobalt, which is a key component in electric vehicles and mobile phones, as well as exploration copper, which is widely used in electricity and electronics and structure.
He said that the discovery project would last for three years and that most of the analyzes will be made in laboratories in India.
Resources that refuse to be defined because the information is not public is not open to the public. The team is expected to make more than one visit throughout the project.
After evaluating the mining potential of the sources, the Indian government will seek a mining rental from the Zambia government and also invite private sector companies to participate in the project.
The Indian Ministry of Mining did not respond to the request for comments.
While the new Delhi is investigating opportunities in Australia and Latin America, he is meeting with several African countries to obtain critical mineral blocks on the basis of the state-state.
Reuters reported in March, and India also meets with the Democratic Republic of Congo to sign the first agreement to secure the materials of cobalt and copper.
In a mission in X., the Ministry attended a mining conference in Congo last month and visited local mines.
Reuters reported that India has organized internal debates on the increasing vulnerability of a firming copper market and plans to explore ways of supplying ways from wealthy countries during ongoing trade negotiations.
India’s copper imports have increased sharply since the closure of Vedanta 2018
Sterlite Copper Izabe facility. The country imported 1.2 million metric tons of copper with an increase of 4% compared to the previous year, which ended in March 2025.
Government data depend on India’s almost completely cobalt imports and cobalt oxide shipments.
