Ivanhoe Mines Ltd : Kamoa-Kakula Phase 1 Concentrator Plant Achieved Commercial Production On July 1, 2021
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Kamoa-Kakula Phase 1 Concentrator Plant Achieved Commercial Production On July 1, 2021
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Ivanhoe already has 162,000 tonnes copper in ore stockpiled
Lorraine Nkulu Ngoie, Control Room Supervisor Kamoa-Kakula project, DRC. Image: Ivanhoe Mines
At the end of May, Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) began producing copper concentrate at its Kamoa-Kakula project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), months ahead of schedule.
On Tuesday the company announced the 3.8 million tonne per year phase 1 concentrator plant is now fully operational and the project received its first blister copper ingot from the local smelter.
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To date, more than 10,500 tonnes of concentrate have been delivered to the local smelter. Kamoa-Kakula concentrate is expected to contain approximately 57% copper and exceptionally low levels of impurities – arsenic levels of only 0.01% according to the company.