![]() ![]() Initial production of copper concentrate at the Kakula Mine processing plant began on May 25, 2021. Ĭlick here to view the Kamoa-Kakula Integrated Development Plan 2020Ĭlick here to view the Kamoa-Kakula 2020 Resource Update, March 2020įirst copper production began May 25, 2021 Ivanhoe Mines has pledged to achieve net-zero operational greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 and 2) at the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Mine. ![]() Along with a relatively small surface footprint, approximately 55% of the mine’s tailings will be pumped back into underground workings. Kamoa-Kakula is powered by clean, renewable hydro-generated electricity and is projected to be among the world’s lowest greenhouse gas emitters per unit of metal produced, as confirmed by a 2020 independant audit performed by Hatch Ltd., of Mississauga, Canada. The Kakula Mine will have one of the most favourable environmental footprints of any tier-one copper mine worldwide. Phased expansion is projected to make Kamoa-Kakula the second largest copper complex globally. ![]() Kamoa-Kakula began producing copper concentrates in May 2021 and began commercial production on July 1, 2021. The Kamoa-Kakula Copper Mine - a joint venture between Ivanhoe Mines (39.6%), Zijin Mining Group (39.6%), Crystal River Global Limited (0.8%) and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (20%) - is a very large, near-surface, flat-lying, stratiform copper deposit with adjacent prospective exploration areas within the Central African Copperbelt, approximately 25 kilometres west of the town of Kolwezi and about 270 kilometres west of the provincial capital of Lubumbashi. ![]()
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