Zambia's H1 copper output rises 21 pct. Economy of Zambia Economy of Zambia; Lusaka is the capital, Copper output has increased steadily since, due to higher copper prices and,zambia qcopper output rises to 174 - srspropertiin Zambia''s copper, cobalt output rises in first ten months Production of copper in Zambia rose to 807,909 tonnes .Jul 30, Zambia's copper productionincreased by 21 percent in the first half of versus thesame period last year as mining companies in Africa's No2producer.