Africa, Central: The 'Copperbelt' of Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) - General, 1953-1965
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 412/5
Held at the Weston Library
These five folders consist of extracts from Rhodesian Anglo-American ('Rho-Anglo') and Rhokana Corporation Board meeting minutes, group departmental reports, stockbrokers' and British Metal Corporation bulletins, and cuttings from journals and newspapers (especially The Financial Times): all relating to 'Copperbelt' and national problems of finance, politics, and labour relations, and to the international prospects for copper. Comprises:
- folder 1 (fols. 1-101 and 1 item) 1953-1957
- folder 2 (fols. 1-131 and 1 item) 1958-1962
- folder 3 (fols. 1-49) 1963
- folder 4 (fols. 1-106) 1964
- folder 5 (fols. 1-16) Jan-Apr 1965.
Printed publications on copper, 1953-1957:
- (item 1) reprint of an address by Ronald L. Prain, Chairman of Mufulira Copper Mines Ltd., to the Royal African and Royal Empire societies on: 'The Problem of African Advancement on the Copperbelt of Northern Rhodesia' (15 pp.), Nov 1953
- (items 2-5) pamphlets issued by the Copper Development Corporation on the uses of copper; also, the Corporation's Jan bulletin (No. 20), 1954
- (item 6) Rhodesian Copper Companies: survey produced 'for Private circulation' by the stockbroking firm of David A. Bevan, Simpson & Co. (29 pp., with pencilled annotations), Sep 1955
- (item 7) Copper for Power: survey produced 'for Private circulation' by the stockbrokers Strauss, Turnbull & Co. (43 pp.), Jan 1956
- (item 8) reprint of three lectures delivered during the month by Sir Ronald Prain to members of the Royal School of Mines on: 1) The Economics of Modern Mining; 2) The Responsibilities of a Mining Industry to the Community; and 3) The Development of the Copper Industry, Nov 1957.
Dates
- Creation: 1953-1965
Extent
5 folders
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 412/5
Repository Details
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