Kamoa-Kakula produced 388,838 tonnes of copper in concentrate in 2025, achieving guidanceIvanhoe confirms previously set 2026 Kamoa-Kakula production guidance of 380,000 to 420,000 tonnes of copper99.

The facility, with a steady-state capacity of 500,000 tonnes per annum, would be the largest in Africa once ramped up.

Kamoa-Kakula spent 2025 tackling water inflows that restricted access to higher‑grade ore and weighed on recoveries.

The ramp-up of the Kamoa-Kakula copper smelter will continue throughout 2026, with completion expected towards year-end.

Kamoa-Kakula 2026 sales set to exceed production as 20,000 tonnes of stockpiled copper in concentrate is smelted and sold as 99.7%-pure copper anodes at current record copper prices Kakula Mine Stage ...

The recovery and separation of tellurium and other valuable metals from copper anode slime represents a significant advance in both sustainable resource utilisation and environmental management.

China's December copper concentrate import data guide the future supply-demand balance of copper concentrate in ...

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 smelter produced the first anodes in December 2025, approximately five weeks after the start of its heat-up process.