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Kabwe , formerly Broken Hill, city (1990 pop. 166,519), central Zambia. During the 20th cent. it was an important lead and zinc mining and smelting center. As a result, the area suffers from significant lead pollution.

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Kabwe, Zambia Broken Hill An Australian mining engineer, Thomas G. Davey, gave the site its original name from a town in New South Wales, Australia. The town developed around Broken Hill Mine opened in 1902. It was renamed Kabwe ‘Small Stone’ in 1965, a year after Zambian independence, in the Bantu language of the Lala people.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Â© Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes 2007, originally published by Oxford University Press 2007. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

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	Colossal announces two cobalt/copper slag processing furnaces operational at the Kabwe plant in Zambia. Business Wire; 10/30/1996
	Colossal announces initial melting of cobalt/copper slag at the Kabwe plant in Zambia. Business Wire; 10/30/1996
	Colossal acquires cobalt processing plant in South Africa. Business Wire; 10/30/1996

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