Kamoa-Kakula smelter is Africa's largest copper smelter with a capacity of 500,000 tonnes of copper per annumKamoa-Kakula ...
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Ivanhoe Mines begins copper anode production at smelter in Africa
The smelter produced the first anodes in December 2025, approximately five weeks after the start of its heat-up process.
The ramp-up of the Kamoa-Kakula copper smelter will continue throughout 2026, with completion expected towards year-end.
Since mid-to-late September 2025, copper prices have surged strongly and rapidly, repeatedly hitting record highs. As of now, ...
The organization put the amount of produced copper anode at 259,812 tons in the nine-month period of this year, and at 256,541 tons in the first nine months of the previous year. Given the ...
As the world hurtles toward an electrified future, the copper market stands at a crossroads. Insights from JPMorgan analysts Patrick Jones, Greg Shearer and Bill Peterson paint a complex picture: ...
SMM's December 2025 blister copper RCs in south China were quoted at 1,400-1,600 yuan/mt, with an average of 1,500 yuan/mt, up 250 yuan/mt ...
The facility, with a steady-state capacity of 500,000 tonnes per annum, would be the largest in Africa once ramped up.
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