Zijin 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...

Kamoa-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...

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...

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...

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...