Zambia tana da shahara saboda wadataccen zinariya mai karfe, wanda ya sa ta zama daya daga cikin kasashen da suka fi kwarewa wajen samar da zinariya a duniya. Fahimtar matsakaicin abun zinariya a cikin ma'adinan Zambia yana da muhimmanci ga kamfanonin hakar ma'adanai da masu zuba jari, saboda yana shafar kai tsaye farashin sarrafawa da riba na ayyukan hakar ma'adanai.
Abun copper a cikin ore, wanda aka fi sani da ingancin copper, muhimmin abu ne wajen tantance yiwuwar samun riba daga aikin hakar ma'adanai. A Zambia, ingancin copper yana bambanta a tsakanin wurare da kuma tanadin hakar ma'adanai daban-daban.
Abun haɗin ƙarfe a cikin ma'adinai yana da tasiri sosai ga farashin AIƙa, wanda ya haɗa da fitarwa, tsarawa, da kuma sufuri. Ga yadda:
Kamfanonin hakar ma'adanai suna amfani da dabaru daban-daban don gudanar da kuma rage farashin sarrafawa da suka shafi nau'in kwalaben copper daban-daban:
Matsakaicin yawan ƙarfe a cikin ƙarfen Zambiya yana da mahimmanci wajen tantance farashin sarrafawa da ribar hakar ma'adanai gaba ɗaya. Ores masu inganci suna bayar da fa'idodin farashi, yayin da ores masu ƙarancin inganci ke haifar da ƙalubale waɗanda ke buƙatar gudanarwa ta hanyar dabaru da hanyoyin fasaha. Fahimtar waɗannan tsarin na da muhimmanci ga masu ruwa da tsaki a masana'antar hakar ƙarfe ta Zambiya don yanke shawarar masani da kuma ci gaba da samun gasa a kasuwar duniya.
