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ine operator Rosh Pinah Zinc (RPZ) and investment adviser Appian Capital Advisory have announced the commissioning of Namibia’s first paste backfill plant at the Rosh Pinah mine, marking a key milestone in the RP2.0 expansion project, which is now more than 85% complete and progressing on schedule a

John Sisay, CEO of Consolidated Copper Corporation, delves into the topic of copper security, describing Namibia's competitive advantage as a predictable and credible source of copper.Copper is a strategic asset. In a more divided world, it is a test of who can build, electrify, and scale industry o

Metso’s Direct Blister Furnace has been successfully started up at Kamoa Copper’s Kamoa Kakula copper smelter in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with the first copper anodes cast at the end of December.The 500 ktpa copper production furnace is the world’s largest licensed single flash smelting fur

Major Chinese miner CMOC Group Ltd. plans copper growth of up to double digits in 2026 after a price rally lifted profit, while maintaining guidance after record cobalt output.Copper output is seen at 760,000 tons to 820,000 tons this year, rising as much as 11% from last year, the Henan-based miner

TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines has announced that the first copper anodes were produced by Kamoa-Kakula’s on-site, state-of-the-art 500 000 t/y direct-to-blister copper smelter, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on December 29.This comes about five weeks after the start of the smelter’s heat-up a

Copper’s record-breaking 2025 has set up a tight but fragile market for 2026 as supply strains deepen and tariff fears distort trade flows. On the London Metal Exchange, copper rose nearly 40% for the year, its largest annual gain since 2009. Prices topped $11,800 (C$16,210) per tonne as traders ru