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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
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Kamoa-Kakula Phase 1 sets new daily production record and Phase 2 construction progresses wellOngoing 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 2022Zijin 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