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The first batch of copper anodes was produced on Dec. 29, 2025, about five weeks after the smelter began heating up and just one week after the first concentrate was fed into the plant.
In May, the company halted all mining operations after what it described as “impractical and illegitimate” tax demands from the rebel authorities, who had declared themselves the new governing body in the area.
Tenke Fungurume in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Glencore Plc, Mercuria Energy Group and Trafigura Group are buying copper
Zambia DRC border closure. In a significant move that has sent ripples through the mining and logistics sectors, Zambia has
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