TSX-listed Katanga Mining expects cobalt debottlenecking projects at its 75%-owned Kamoto Copper Company’s (KCC’s) mine, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to continue throughout next year.
The Glencore subsidiary on Friday reported that commission…
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Australia’s Talga Resources is hunting for development partners for its northern Sweden copper/cobalt project, which now has a maiden resource estimate. The company on Wednesday announced a maiden Joint Ore Reserves Committee-compliant resource estimat…
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Glencore’s Mopani Copper Mines in Zambia has closed two shafts at its Nkana mine, the company said on Thursday, a move that an opposition leader said had led to 1 400 job losses. A Mopani spokesman would not specify the number of workers affected, sayi…
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TSX-listed Katanga Mining’s gross loss for the second quarter ended June 30, widened to $94.8-million, from $92.5-million in the quarter before owing to lower realised copper prices, which were offset by lower processing costs. The lower processing cos…
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The boards of TSX-listed Katanga Mining and its subsidiary Kamoto Copper Company have approved the construction of an ion exchange plant and, subject to obtaining the required authorisations, plan to commission the plant in the second quarter. Katanga’…
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Copper production in Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa’s top producer, fell by 16.2% year-on-year in the January to May period, while cobalt output slid 21.5%, the central bank said on Tuesday. Copper output for the first five months of 2019 stood a…
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Production of hand-dug cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo is poised to drop sharply after prices tumbled, prompting many of the country’s thousands of artisanal miners to switch focus to copper instead. Congo last year produced about 72% of the…
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Katanga Mining increased its copper cathode production to 57 175 t in the first quarter of this year, compared with the 49 770 t produced in the fourth quarter of 2018, but output of cobalt contained in hydroxide decreased to 3 511 t, from the 4 646 t …
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Eurasian Resources Group will halt production at a copper and cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as it considers future investment in new production methods. The shutdown at Boss Mining Sprl will curb cobalt supplies from a nation that ac…
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Initial results from Arc Minerals’ airborne geophysical and soil sampling programme at the Zamsort copper/cobalt project, in north-western Zambia, have identified significant new target areas. Two large new targets – Cheyeza West and Lumbeta – have bee…
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