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Kamoa-Kakula’s Phase 3 Concentrator Completed Ahead of Schedule, Annual Copper Output to Top 600,000 TonnesOn May 26, the third concentrator of Zijin’s jointly owned Kamoa-Kakula Copper Mine began operations, six months ahead of schedule. Upon reaching full capacity, the DRC-based project’s annual copper production will exceed 600,000 tonnes, positioning it as the world's fourth-largest copper mine. Kamoa-Kakula aims to further increase its annual copper output to 800,000 tonnes, potentially becoming o...2024/06/03
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Kamoa-Kakula Achieves Record Quarterly Copper Production of Nearly 104,000 Tonnes in Q2 2023A chart of Kamoa-Kakula’s quarterly copper production since first production in May 2021. In the second quarter of 2023, the Kamoa-Kakula copper complex, a joint venture between Zijin Mining and Ivanhoe Mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), produced a record 103,786 tonnes of copper in concentrate, a quarter-on-quarter increase of 11%. Aerial view of the Phase 1 and 2 concentrators in t...2023/07/20
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Kamoa-Kakula Achieves Record Copper Production of 35,856 tonnes in MayZijin Mining’s Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo achieved a monthly production record of 35,856 tonnes of copper in concentrate during May. The monthly copper output is equivalent to an annualized production of approximately 430,000 tonnes. Copper production during April was 34,826 tonnes of copper in concentrate, bringing quarter-to-date production to 70,682 tonnes. ...2023/06/09
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Kamoa Copper S.A. Pays An Endowment Of 0.3% Of Its 2021 Annual Turnover Of $2.49 Million Towards Community Development ProjectsKamoa Copper S.A. has made an amount of US $ 2,493,360.00 available to local communities, through a specialised body, to fund community development projects. This amount corresponds to 0.3% of the company’s turnover for the 2021 financial year, in accordance with the mining laws and regulations of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The endowment was fully paid to Kamoa Copper S.A.’s specialised bod...2022/12/26
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Kamoa Copper produces 33,000 tonnes of mined copper in OctoberInstallation of the scavenger-cleaner flotation cell at the Phase 2 concentrator is nearing completion. Zijin News – The Kamoa-Kakula Mining Complex, one of Zijin Mining’s flagship projects in the DRC, produced around 33,000 tonnes of copper in concentrate in October. For the second month in a row, Kamoa-Kakula is producing at an annualized rate in excess of 400,000 tonnes of copper. At the end o...2022/11/18
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Kamoa-Kakula Copper Mine reports record Q3 production of 98,000 tonnes of copperDe-bottlenecking program underway at the Kamoa-Kakula Mining Complex Zijin News - The Kamoa-Kakula Mining Complex has set a new production record in the third quarter of 2022, with 98,000 tonnes of copper in concentrate produced. The project also set a monthly production record of 34,000 tonnes of copper in concentrate in September. The mining complex’s concentrators milled approximately 5.0 mi...2022/10/10