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

Copper is heading into 2026 with one big tailwind and one big constraint: investors are betting the energy transition will ...

Kamoa-Kakula smelter is Africa's largest copper smelter with a capacity of 500,000 tonnes of copper per annumKamoa-Kakula ...

Ivanhoe Mines ( ($TSE:IVN) ) has provided an announcement. Ivanhoe Mines has produced the first copper anodes from its new 500,000-tonne-per-year ...

Jubilee aims to replicate the rapid growth achieved in its former South African chrome business within its copper operations ...

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

Africa's biggest copper producers, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia, are working on deals to gain exposure to metal trading as a demand surge linked to artificial intelligence and the shift ...

Zambia’s kwacha rose, joining a rally in the currencies of other African metal producers, as a surge in the price of copper ...

At the end of August, the US updated the list of minerals considered critical by the country, planning to include copper, potash, and silver in particular – resources found in abundance on the ...

The future of European energy and military security depends on secure and diversified sources of critical minerals. Currently, however, the EU heavily relies on supply from China—its strategic rival.

The metallurgical analysis of Nigerian bronzes can provide partial evidence for establishing a chronological framework for metalworking traditions in West Africa. It can also support less firm ...

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