Zambia sees drop in copper exports in December

LUSAKA, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Zambia, Africa's second largest producer of copper, saw the volume of exports of the red metal dropping in December, its statistics agency said Thursday.

The volume of copper exports decreased by 0.9 percent from 100,585.3 tonnes in November 2017 to 99,645.0 tonnes in December, the Central Statistical Office (CSO) said.

The southern African nation produced 770,597 tonnes of copper in 2016, an increase from 710,860 tons produced in 2015. The government had projected to produce 850,000 tonnes last year and 1 million tonnes this year.