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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 2022

Zijin 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 Smelter

Zijin 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

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Kamoa-Kakula Phase 1 sets new daily production record and Phase 2 construction progresses well

Ongoing installation of the two ball mills for the Phase 2 concentrator Zijin News - Phase 1 concentrator plant of Kamoa-Kakula of Zijin Mining is now operating at steady-state design. Optimization work is underway to further enhance operating performance. Cranes lifting sections of the Phase 2 ore conveyors into place A total of 323,368 tonnes of ore was milled in October at an average feed grade...

2021/11/03

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Kamoa-Kakula’s Phase 2 expansion will begin operation in Q2 2022

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...

2021/10/12

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Kamoa-Kakula Mine Signs Off-take Agreements for Copper Products

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...

2021/06/09

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Chen Jinghe Tells the Story of Kamoa-Kakula

On May 26 Beijing time, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zijin Mining’s Kamoa-Kakula Copper Mine produced its first batch of copper concentrate. As the concentrate rolls out of the huge, fast-running ball mills, the project’s Phase I 3.8 million-tonne-per-annum processing plant has been commissioned. The world-class, super-large Kamoa-Kakula deposit has been “sleeping” for hundreds of millions...

2021/05/31

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