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Zambia: Solarcentury Africa develops 112 MWp solar project to diversify First Quantum's mining power supply

LE BRIEF • 2026-11-04

Kusoka would primarily supply the Trident complex, including Sentinel and Enterprise. Owned and operated by Solarcentury Africa, the proposed plant could also sell electricity to other buyers.

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LE BRIEF — Wednesday, 4 November 2026 By the LE BRIEF newsroom Country : Zambia Source publication : 3 November 2026 Solarcentury Africa announcement; the project was already mentioned in First Quantum's quarterly results Event : Collaboration presented on 3 November; project still under development Supplied photograph: mining facilities with an embedded First Quantum Minerals image credit. Industrial context, not a completed Kusoka solar plant. Photograph supplied to the newsroom; provenance and reproduction rights are undocumented. Efforts to diversify electricity for Zambia's mines have reached another preparatory milestone. On 3 November, Solarcentury Africa presented its collaboration with First Quantum Minerals to develop Kusoka, a 112 MWp photovoltaic plant in North-Western Province. The facility would primarily supply the Trident complex, comprising the Sentinel copper mine and Enterprise nickel mine. Solarcentury Africa would own and operate it. The developer still lists Kusoka as under development. A model with access to several buyers Kusoka is not designed solely for First Quantum. Its merchant model also permits sales to other customers or through the Southern African Power Pool. This flexibility distinguishes it from a fully captive, single-site power plant. In third-quarter results, First Quantum said it was finalising a Kusoka power offtake agreement. The 3 No...