Installation 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...

 De-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...

·  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...

·  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...

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...