Mufulira (MCM Glencore FirstQuantum ZCCM) - Zambian Copperbelt (sitios de interés)

  

Underground Mines
Concentrator
ISA-Smelter

Acid Plant 
Refinery

 

RESOURCE BASE MUFULIRA - April 2011

Proved & Probable 10.6Mt at 2.62% Cu

Measured & Indicated 38.1Mt at 2.29% Cu

Inferred 37.6Mt at 2.62% Cu

 

Mopani Copper Mines is an integrated copper and cobalt producer located in the Copperbelt of Zambia. Mopani's operations consist of four underground mines, a concentrator and a cobalt plant in the town of Kitwe and an underground mine, concentrator, smelter and refinery in the town of Mufulira. The capacity of the Mufulira Copper Smelter is being expanded in a phased approach to 870,000 tons of concentrate by the end of 2010. The current capacity with the new Isa smelt furnace is 650,000 tons of concentrate.
Also, the company has four SXEW plants (Solvent Extraction and Electrowinning), two at Mufulira and two at Nkana. The feed is sourced from both in-situ leaching, vat leaching and heap leaching. The copper cathode production from the SXEW plants is currently 75,000 tons, which is being expanded to 100,000 tons by the end of 2008. Glencore's initial interest was acquired through a subsidiary in 2000.
 

 

 

 

ISA Start-up

Cross-Sectional Silica Exposure Measurements

 

First Quantum Minerals Ltd (TSX:FM, LSE:FQM)
http://www.first-quantum.com/s/Home.asp

 

The assets of FQM in Zambia and Zimbabwe (2001 - 203p pdf)