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Kamoa-Kakula reports Q2 production of 87,000 tonnes of copper· The Kamoa-Kakula Copper Mine reports quarterly copper production of 87,000 tonnes in Q2, 2022, which will enable the mining complex to deliver in the upper range of its 2022 production guidance of 340,000 tonnes of copper in concentrate. · The de-bottlenecking program is on track to boost Kamoa-Kakula’s annual production to 450,000 tonnes of copper in concentrate per year by Q2, 2023. · Const...2022/07/08
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Producing the World’s “Greenest Copper” - ESG Highlights of the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Mine in 2021· Pledged to achieve net-zero operational greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 and 2) and to use clean, renewable energy at the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Mine, putting the mine firmly on track to be among the world’s lowest greenhouse gas emitters per unit of metal produced · Implemented a Biodiversity Management Plan to protect biodiversity in the mine’s footprint · Put employees’ safety and health fir...2022/06/29
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Kamoa-Kakula Phase 2 Concentrator Plant Commissioned Ahead of ScheduleZijin News - On March 21, Zijin announced the hot commissioning of the Phase 2 3.8 Mtpa concentrator plant at the Kamoa-Kakula mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, four months ahead of schedule. With experience gained in the construction and operation of Phase 1, Phase 2 was up and running in 18 months, 6 months shorter than Phase 1. Phase 1 reached name-plate capacity and targets in only...2022/03/29
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Kamoa's Annual Copper Output Expected to Reach 450,000 tonnes after De-bottlenecking InitiativeKamoa-Kakula expected to be the world’s forth largest copper producer after de-bottlenecking in 2023 Zijin News On February 23, Zijin Mining announced that upon completion of the de-bottlenecking initiative, annual copper output at Kamoa-Kakula’s Phase 1 and Phase 2 plants is expected to reach 450,000 tonnes -positioning Kamoa-Kakula as the world’s fourth largest copper producer. The de-bottleneck...2022/03/08
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Kamoa Copper: Hot commissioning of Phase 2 concentrator plant to begin in April; up to 340,000 tonnes of copper in concentrate to be produced in 2022Zijin News - The Kamoa-Kakula copper mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is crucial to Zijin Mining’s drive for leapfrog growth. The project’s 3.8-million-tonne-a-year (Mtpa) Phase 2 concentrator plant is expected to be 93% complete by January 31, with hot commissioning of the concentrator on track to begin in April 2022, well ahead of the original schedule of Q2 2022. On a 100%-project b...2022/02/05
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Kamoa Copper Holds Signing Ceremony for the Basic Engineering Contract of the 500 Ktpa Copper SmelterZijin News - On November 18, Kamoa Copper S.A. and China Nerin Engineering Co., Ltd., held a signing ceremony, awarding the basic engineering contract of Kamoa’s 500 Ktpa smelter to China Nerin. The smelter has been sized to process the majority of the copper concentrate produced by Kamoa-Kakula’s Phase 1, Phase 2, and Phase 3 concentrators. It is projected to be one of the largest, single-line bl...2021/11/18