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CARRILU Sinks Water Well for Tribe in Kolwezi, DRC

Zijin News - A deep water well sunk with funding from CARRILU, a subsidiary of Zijin Mining in the DR Congo, was recently put into use in the Musompo tribe in Kolwezi. The well will provide drinking water for more than 3,000 villagers. The chief of the tribe said tribe members are happy with the water supply project and are grateful for CARRILU’s help. “With more assistance programs to be carried ...

2022/08/26

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CARRILU Lends a Helping Hand to Orphanage in Kolwezi, DRC

Zijin News - The ESG team of Zijin’s affiliate CARRILU, a cement producer in the Democratic Republic of the Congo visited the MAMAN THABITA Orphanage in Kolwezi, DRC and brought with them much-needed supplies. The orphanage accommodates orphans from troubled areas in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mulleur, an employee of CARRILU who volunteers at the orphanage, learned that...

2022/08/05

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Kolwezi Copper Mine Launches the First Batch of Cathode Copper, Annual Output Will Be 10,000 Tonnes

Zijin News April 15th-4months right after the big success of the 9-month construction of the Phase II copper and cobalt project of Kolwezi Copper Mine, its first qualified cathode copper plate rolls off the hydrometallurgical production line, indicating that it has become a large-scale copper mine with an annual output of 10,000 tonnes. Currently the company is preparing cobalt production to launc...

2019/04/17

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Kolwezi Copper Mine Starts Phase II Pre-production

On December 26th, the Phase II copper and cobalt project of Kolwezi copper mine started pre-commercial production. The Phase II project began on March 24th, adopting processing method as crushing, grinding, solvent-extraction, electrowinning, and cobalt precipitation. The designed production of Phase II is 50,000 tonnes of copper, 3,000 tonnes of cobalt. Kolwezi copper mine was the first copper mi...

2018/12/29

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