Trucks transporting bulk copper concentrate from the Kamoa-Kakula to the Lualaba smelter via the recently-completed by-pass road connecting the mine to Kolwezi. (
Canada’s Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) has inked deals with China’s Zijin Mining’s subsidiary and trader Citic Metal to sell each 50% of the copper production from the recently-launched first phase of its Kamoa-Kakula mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The copper concentrate and blister copper off-take agreements will see wholly-owned Zijin unit Gold Mountains (H.K.) International Mining Co Ltd and Citic Metal split the initial offtake from Kakula, Ivanhoe’s first of the two mines at the concession.
Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo (Newsfile Corp. - June 4, 2021) - Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) (OTCQX: IVPAF) regrets to report that a fatal accident occurred at the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Project in
First copper concentrates shipped to nearby Lualaba Copper SmelterMining crews deliver 406,000 tonnes of ore grading 5.77% copper in May, including 103,000 tonnes grading 8.58% copper from the centre
Kamoa-Kakula discovery enters production after 24 years of dedicated exploration and development effortsDemocratic Republic of Congo's President Félix Tshisekedi congratulates Ivanhoe for reaching the production milestone at the world-class discoveryPhase 2 concentrator expansion continues ahead of schedule Ivanhoe Mines Co-Chairs Robert Friedland and Yufeng "Miles" Sun are pleased to announce the start of copper .