Ivanhoe Mines said the first shipment of copper concentrate from the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo has arrived by rail at the Atlantic Ocean port of Lobito in Angola. “Our first trial shipment is an important milestone on the path to creating a new supply chain linking the Central African Copperbelt to world markets,” said Robert…
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Teck has taken another broad step forward toward commissioning and full production at its Quebrada Blanca Phase 2 project (QB2) in northern Chile – production of the mine’s first bulk copper concentrate. CEO Jonathan Price said, at full production, QB2 will double Teck’s copper production on a consolidated basis, as it is one of the world’s largest undeveloped resources of…
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Copper Mountain Mining said its namesake operation in Princeton, British Columbia, is back in production after a ransomware attack. Full story.
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Anglo American’s Quellaveco, which is set to increase Peru’s copper production by up to 10% in full operations, has marked the milestone of first copper concentrate production in the Moquegua region. The benchmark comes ahead of the mine’s receipt of its final regulatory clearance for commercial operations to begin. Mine development head Tom McCulley said the achievement was on time…
Read MoreCanadian-based, Mexico-focused producer Altaley Mining has commenced pre-production mining as well as mill commissioning at its Tahuehueto gold operation in Durango, Mexico, and officials are now eyeing first deliveries of concentrate. Officials said the processing facility at the operation is online and now allows for milling from one ball mill of up to 500 t/d with flotation cells, concentrate thickeners…
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Canadian miner Teck Resources has announced it is partnering with MEDATech on the pilot of a fully electric on-highway transport truck – marking the first use of a battery-electric truck to haul copper concentrate worldwide. View the full article on North American Mining.
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Canadian miner Trigon Metals has confirmed first copper concentrate from the Kombat mine in Namibia, putting the operation in an ideal position for its forecasted full commercial production declaration in March. Trigon said the initial concentrates were produced on December 30, with crews working over the Christmas period to complete filter press installation and run ore through the full production…
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Trigon Metals, owner of the Kombat processing plant in Namibia, confirmed that the refurbishment of the facility is now mostly complete, with first flotation copper concentrate commissioning commenced.
Read MoreBHP and China Minmetals have used MineHub Technologies’ platform in the first cross-border copper concentrate trial shipment processed on blockchain technology. Read full article from The Asia Miner.
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Construction of the Phase 2 concentrator plant at the Kamoa-Kakula copper project in the Democratic Republic of Congo is ahead of schedule with project officials anticipating a Q2 2022 start up. The 3.8 million-tonne-per-annum (Mtpa) concentrator plant is a carbon copy of the Phase 1 concentrator plant, and is being constructed alongside it. All long-lead items of equipment, structural steel,…
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