MINING

Another monthly development record for Ivanhoe Mines

Ivanhoe Mines latest announcement regarding underground development at the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo records 2,172m in October. This marks another new monthly record and brings total underground development to more than 24.7km - approximately 7.9km ahead of schedule.

 Francis Kaposa (left) trains under the guidance of Rongyun Liu at Kamoa-Kakula's state-of-the-art training centre. As part of the project's extensive training programme, apprentice miners learn to operate automated mining equipment on computerized simulators

Francis Kaposa (left) trains under the guidance of Rongyun Liu at Kamoa-Kakula's state-of-the-art training centre. As part of the project's extensive training programme, apprentice miners learn to operate automated mining equipment on computerized simulators

Ivanhoe's co-chairs, Robert Friedland and Yufeng ‘Miles' Sun, noted that mining crews produced a combined 194,000t of ore in October from the Kakula and Kansoko mines, which was 48 per cent higher than...

Start a free trial to continue reading this article

Already have an account?

Subscribe now