Zijin News - Kamoa-Kakula’s Phase 2 concentrator plant is expected to begin operations in Q2 2022 to double production to over 400Ktpa, which is several months ahead of schedule, as compared to current guidance of Q3 2022. All eight rougher flotation cells and three of six cleaner flotation cells now installed in the Phase 2 concentrator plant. The project team have been working hard to complete t...

Zijin News - Kamoa Copper SA – the joint venture between Zijin Mining Group, Ivanhoe Mines, and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – has been fully authorized to commence exports of copper concentrate. The company has also signed copper concentrate and blister copper off-take agreements on competitive arm’s-length commercial terms with CITIC Metal (HK) Limited and Gold Mounta...

Zijin News - The Phase 1, 3.8 million-tonne-per-annum (Mtpa) concentrator plant of stage one of the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Mine Project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the “DRC”), being a joint investment among Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.* (the “Company”), Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. of Canada (“Ivanhoe”) and the government of the DRC, has started on 25 May 2021ahead of schedule. In April 2021, the ...

Zijin News, the construction of Phase 1 3.8-Mtpa concentrator plant is 98% completed. The first 3 stages of commissioning has completed, with advanced-stage commissioning underway. Kamoa-Kakula is expected to begin producing copper later this month or early June, several months ahead of schedule. Kamoa-Kakula set another monthly mine development record in April, bringing total underground developm...

Zijin News - The construction of Kakula’s Phase 1 3.8Mtpa processing plant has completed 90% and is expected to complete by the end of June 2021. Phase 1 processing plant is scheduled to start production in July 2021. The construction of phase 2 3.8Mtpa processing plant has also progressed well. Kamoa-Kakula project has mined 400,000 tonnes of ore grading 5.36% copper in March which brings the tot...