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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.
Kamoa-Kakula smelter is Africa's largest copper smelter with a capacity of 500,000 tonnes of copper per annumKamoa-Kakula ...
Anode-free lithium metal batteries, which have attracted attention as candidates for electric vehicles, drones, and ...
Ivanhoe Mines ( ($TSE:IVN) ) has provided an announcement. Ivanhoe Mines has produced the first copper anodes from its new 500,000-tonne-per-year ...
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 ...
Since mid-to-late September 2025, copper prices have surged strongly and rapidly, repeatedly hitting record highs. As of now, ...
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 ...
TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines has announced that the first copper anodes were produced by Kamoa-Kakula’s on-site, state-of-the-art ...
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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