Debottlenecking of Kamoa-Kakula’s concentrators ahead of schedule
HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA — Ivanhoe Mines has announced at the 32nd BMO Global Metals & Mining Conference that the debottlenecking of
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Ivanhoe announces capital expenditure guidance for Kamoa-Kakula, Platreef and Kipushi
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – Ivanhoe Mines’ President Marna Cloete and Chief Financial Officer David van Heerden have announced capital expenditure
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Kamoa-Kakula sold a record 94 kilotonnes of copper in Q3
Ivanhoe Mines has reported that the Kamoa-Kakula Mining Complex produced 97,820 tonnes of copper in concentrate in Q3 2022, up
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Kamoa Copper has produced more than 240kt copper year-to-date
KOLWEZI, DRC – Ivanhoe Mines announces that the Kamoa-Kakula Mining Complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo has set a
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Clean hydroelectric power for the Phase 3 expansion and smelter
In July 2021, Ivanhoe Mines Energy DRC, a sister company of Kamoa Copper tasked with delivering reliable, clean, renewable hydropower
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Kamoa phase 3 expansion to include 5 million tpa concentrator
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK – Ivanhoe Mines has announced further details of the Phase 3 expansion at the Kamoa-Kakula
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Ivanhoe Mines completes Platreef’s Production Shaft 1 at PGM-gold project
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – Ivanhoe Mines has announced at the African Mining Indaba Conference, the completion of the Shaft
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Kamoa Copper commences earthworks on direct-to-blister smelter
Kamoa-Kakula smelter to be one of the largest, single-line blister-copper flash smelters in the world, and the largest in Africa;
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Strong results from Kamoa-Kakula copper joint venture
Ivanhoe Mines has stated that the company recorded a profit of $48.2 million for Q4 2021, compared to a loss
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Platreef: Feasibility Study for PGM, nickel, copper, gold project
Ivanhoe Mines has announced outstanding positive findings of an independent Platreef 2022 Feasibility Study for the Platreef palladium, rhodium, nickel,
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Gécamines and Ivanhoe to develop high-grade Cu-Zn mine in DRC
Ivanhoe Mines has announced that Kipushi Holding, an Ivanhoe Mines wholly-owned subsidiary, and Gécamines have signed a new agreement to
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Kamoa-Kakula surpasses annual copper guidance, Phase 2 on track
TORONTO, CANADA – Ivanhoe Mines has announced that Kamoa-Kakula’s Phase 1, 3.8 million-tonne-per-annum (Mtpa) concentrator plant in the Democratic Republic
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Ivanhoe Phase 1 concentrator ore throughput exceeds 3.8 Mtpa design
KOLWEZI, DRC – As forecast in Ivanhoe’s Kamoa-Kakula’s progress update issued on September 30, the second concentrate filter press began
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Kamoa-Kakula concentrator Phase 2 overall project 44% complete
Construction of the second 3.8-Mtpa concentrator plant (Phase 2) is progressing well, with the overall project 44% complete; engineering and
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Kamoa-Kakula concentrator approaches steady-state-design performance
KOLWEZI, Democratic Republic of Congo – Co-Chairs Robert Friedland and Yufeng “Miles” Sun have announced that hot commissioning and ramp-up
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Kamoa-Kakula copper production exceeded 500 tonnes per day
KOLWEZI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – Ivanhoe Mines has announced that Kamoa-Kakula’s Phase 1, 3.8 million-tonne-per-annum (Mtpa) concentrator plant was
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Epiroc to supply battery-electric mining equipment to Ivanplats
Leading productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and infrastructure industries Epiroc has won a significant order for battery-electric mining
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Ivanhoe Mines releases copper production guidance for 2021
Ivanhoe’s guidance for contained copper in concentrate expected to be produced by the Kamoa-Kakula Project for the balance of 2021
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Kamoa-Kakula’s off-take agreements for blister copper and concentrate
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – Ivanhoe Mines has announced that Kamoa Copper SA –the operating company of the joint venture
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Lualaba Copper Smelter to produce 99% blister copper for Kamoa Copper
Kamoa Copper signed a 10-year agreement with the Lualaba Copper Smelter, located outside the town of Kolwezi, for the processing
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Kakula concentrator to produce first copper concentrate within weeks
Overall progress of Kamoa-Kakula’s first phase, 3.8-Mtpa mining and milling operation (covering mine infrastructure, concentrator plant and surface infrastructure) now
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PLATREEF PROJECT: changeover to a production shaft progressing well
Mining at the Ivanplats’ Platreef Project will be performed using highly-productive mechanized methods, including long-hole stoping and drift-and-fill. Each method
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Modernisation of Kipushi zinc mine’s underground infrastructure
The Kipushi copper-zinc-germanium-silver-lead mine in the DRC is adjacent to the town of Kipushi and approximately 30 kilometres southwest of
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Platreef mining to incorporate highly productive, mechanized methods
Mining zones in the current Ivanplats’ Platreef mine plan occur at depths ranging from approximately 700 metres to 1,200 metres
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PROJECT UPDATE: Platreef PGM mine production to ramp up to 5.2 Mtpa
The Platreef Project is owned by Ivanplats, which is 64%-owned by Ivanhoe Mines. A 26% interest is held by Ivanplats’
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Ivanhoe Mines issues review of mine construction progress
TORONTO, Canada ‒ Ivanhoe Mines has announced its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2020. The highlights include:
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Ivanplats arranges US$420 million financing for Platreef
MOKOPANE, South Africa – Ivanhoe Mines’ South African subsidiary, Ivanplats, has signed a non-binding term sheet with Orion Mine Finance,
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Kamoa-Kakula Copper Project update
Overall progress of Ivanhoe Mines Kamoa-Kakula’s first-phase in the DRC, 3.8 Mtpa mining and milling operation (covering mine infrastructure, concentrator
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Kamoa-Kakula Copper achieves another monthly record
Ivanhoe Mines has announced today that underground development at the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo totalled
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Kakula Copper enters zone of ultra-high-grade ore
Robert Friedland and Yufeng “Miles” Sun, Co-Chairmen of Ivanhoe Mines, have announced that excellent progress is being made advancing underground
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