The Konkola Copper Mines head office is located in Chingola in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. KCM has operations in Chililabombwe, Chingola, Nampundwe and Kitwe.

The Zambian Copperbelt is one of the great metallogenic provinces of the world. Copper ore body is part of the Katanga ore body of Congo that covers the congo pedical. The province is located approximately 480km north-northwest of the Lusaka, the Zambian Capital.

It lies 27 degrees longitude and 13 degrees latitude with the average height of about 1300metres above sea level. The climate is savannah with the rainy season lasting about five months from November to March.