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On May 25th, Kamoa-Kakula Mine in Democratic Republic of the Congo, which owned by Ivanhoe Mines, started its 3.8 million-tonne-per-annum (Mtpa) copper concentrate production at the Phase 1, several months ahead of schedule. The commissioning of this world-class mine marks an important milestone. His Excellency Félix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo offered his high praise and warm congratulations to Ivanhoe Mines.<\/p>\r\n
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After recent extensive testwork, the concentrator is expected to produce a very high-grade, clean concentrate grading approximately 57% copper, with extremely low arsenic levels. Kakula is projected to be the world’s highest-grade major copper mine, with an initial mining rate of 3.8 Mtpa, ramping up to 7.6 Mtpa in Q3 2022.<\/p>\r\n
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Based on independent benchmarking, the project’s phased expansion scenario to 19 Mtpa would position Kamoa-Kakula as the world’s second-largest copper mining complex, with peak annual copper production of more than 800,000 tonnes. Phase 1 is expected to produce approximately 200,000 tonnes of copper per year, and phases 1 and 2 combined are forecast to produce approximately 400,000 tonnes of copper per year. Additionally, a 2020 independent audit of Kamoa-Kakula's greenhouse gas intensity metrics performed by Hatch Ltd. of Mississauga, Canada, confirmed that the project will be among the world's lowest greenhouse gas emitters per unit of copper produced.<\/p>\r\n
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Watch a new video highlighting the commissioning of Kamoa-Kakula’s Phase 1 concentrator plant and production of copper concentrate:<\/p>\r\n