Ivanhoe produces first anodes at Kamoa-Kakula smelter

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News comes as Kamoa-Kakula works through a major stockpile of unsold copper concentrate

A view over the casting wheels during the first batch of anodes produced by the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Smelter

A view over the casting wheels during the first batch of anodes produced by the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Smelter | Credits: Ivanhoe Mines

Ivanhoe Mines has produced its first copper anodes at the Kamoa-Kakula copper smelter in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), marking the start of operations at what the company described as Africa’s…

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