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Tsumeb

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Tsumeb (ts`mĕb), town (1991 pop. 16,211), N Namibia. It is the commercial and distribution center for a region where copper, lead, and zinc are mined.


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Historical base-metal districts--once the economic backbone in frontier regions--have now closed: Noranda (Quebec), Sullivan (British Columbia), Les Malines and St-Yrieix (France), Laisvall (Sweden), Leadville (Colorado), Touissit-Bediane (Morocco), and Tsumeb (Namibia).
Economic geology: then and now by Jebrak, Michel / Geoscience Canada
3]) from Tsumeb, Namibia and were assumed to be stoichiometric for Y and Pb, respectively.
Contamination in the rare-earth element orthophosphate reference ... by Jarosewich, Eugene / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
The Special Committee also strongly protested the 31 July dismissal of more than 3,000 striking black miners by the Tsumeb Corporation, a foreign-owned base metal mining corporation operating in Namibia.
Council for Namibia sues Netherlands over Namibia's natural resources by UN Chronicle
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