Reuters reported that Zambia's copper production for the 9 months to September 2009 increased to 514,320 tonnes compared with 429,792 tonnes in the same period of 2008.

The central bank said that copper exports in the period under review rose to 496,111 tonnes from 411,533 tonnes in 2008. Cobalt output dropped to 2,816 tonnes from 3,526 tonnes in the corresponding period of 2008 and exports fell to 3,225 tonnes from 3,488 tonnes.

(Sourced from Reuters)