Copper mining news

Metso will supply key equipment needed to upgrade Almina’s concentrator plant for their mine in Aljustrel, Portugal.

First Quantum Minerals has announced its expansion of Kansanshi mine, aiming for a more sustainable production of metals essential for green energy transition.

Getech has joined a consortium of academia and industry to speed up the understanding of copper deposits required for renewable technologies.

Anglo American has announced its collaboration with Mitsubishi Materials for the creation of a copper product offering.

BJD Crushers has supplied a major order of its crushing machinery to a new copper mine and smelting plant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Barrick is investing almost US$2 billion in an expansion project designed to increase the Lumwana mine’s annual production to an estimated 240 000 t of copper.

Metso has signed a contract for the delivery of a new copper concentrator to be built in Kazakhstan, including grinding, flotation, and dewatering equipment.

The directors of Thor Energy have announced the commencement of geophysical surveys, in partnership with Fleet Space Technologies, at the Alford East Copper-REE Project.

Aurubis and Metso are to set to work on the decarbonisation of the Hamburg copper smelter, utilising Metso’s hydrogen-ready Outotec Anode Furnaces with hoods and auxiliary equipment.

Thor Energy has announced that the Government of South Australia has approved the first stage of in-groundwork on the Kapunda copper in-situ recovery project.