Kamoa‑Kakula Inopa Matani 64,300 emhangura mukota yechipiri ya2026; Kuchera, Simba uye Kunyungudutsa Kwemigodhi Kunowedzera Kukura kweH2

Kamoa-Kakula copper complex, iri pedyo neKolwezi muLualaba Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, ipurojekiti huru yemhangura yakabatana neIvanhoe Mines, Zijin Mining nehurumende yeDRC. Musi wa8 Chikunguru 2026, Ivanhoe Mines yakazivisa kuti chirongwa ichi chakaburitsa matani 64,328 emhangura muchikamu chechipiri chegore ra2026.

Matani 64,328 Zvichibva paTsananguro yeChigadzirwa Chinonyungudika uye Chinotengeswa

Chinhu chinonyanya kuvhiringa pakuzivisa uku itsananguro yechigadzirwa. Mukota yechipiri, ma concentrators matatu akagadzira matani emhangura anosvika mamiriyoni 2.97, zvichigadzira matani 61,134 emhangura mu concentrate. Muchina wekunyungudutsa panzvimbo iyi wakagadzira matani 62,072 emhangura yeanode, ukuwo muchina wekunyungudutsa mhangura weLualaba wakagadzira matani 2,256 emhangura yeblister. Pamwe chete, izvi zvakaguma nematani 64,328 emhangura muchimiro che anode copper, blister copper kana slag concentrate inotengeswa.

Kubva kutanga kwa2026, kugadzirwa kweKamoa Kakula kwave kuchinyorwa pasi petsanangudzo yechinhu chinonyungudutsa uye chinotengeswa. Kana tichienzanisa netsanangudzo ye2025 concentrate mumhangura, munhu anofanira kutanga afunga nezvechimiro chechigadzirwa, uye ozotevera mafambiro ekota.

Kugadzirwa kwekota yechipiri kwakaderera pane matani 71,417 ekota yekutanga, nedambudziko guru riri kudzima kwemagetsi kwemazuva makumi mashanu nematanhatu pamudziyo wekunyungudutsa mhangura weLualaba. Mudziyo wekunyungudutsa wakadzokera pakushanda kwakajairika musi wa1 Chikunguru. Ivanhoe akazivisawo kuti chirongwa ichi chaive nematani angangoita zviuru makumi mana emhangura muzvinhu zviri muunganidzwa pakupera kwekota yechipiri, nehurongwa hwekuderedza kusvika matani zviuru gumi muhafu yechipiri, vachitarisa huwandu hwezvinhu zviri muunganidzwa pakupera kwegore hwematani zviuru makumi maviri nezvishanu kusvika zviuru makumi matatu.

Kukwira kwekugadzirwa kweH2 Kunoenderana neMwero weKuchera, Kunyungudutsa uye Simba

Ivanhoe inoenderera mberi negwara rayo rekugadzira mhangura ra2026 rematani 290,000 kusvika 330,000. Nekugadzirwa kwehafu yekutanga kwematani 135,745, hafu yechipiri inofanira kugadzira matani 154,255 kusvika 194,255; zvichibva pahuwandu hwematani 310,000, hafu yechipiri inofanira kugadzira matani 174,255, anenge 28% akakwira kupfuura hafu yekutanga.

Zvirongwa zvekuwedzera huwandu hwemvura zvakatovepo mumabasa ekuchera. Kambani iyi yakati huwandu hwemvura inocherwa kuKamoa hwakarongwa kuwedzera ne30% muhafu yechipiri, kusvika matani 700,000 pamwedzi, zvakaenzana nehuwandu hwematani mamiriyoni 8.5 pagore. Mushure mekupedzwa kwe95 Project, huwandu hwemvura inocherwa muchikamu chekutanga nechikamu chechipiri hunotarisirwa kuvandudzika kubva muchikamu chechitatu.

Muchina wekunyungudutsa mhangura uripo panzvimbo iyi, wakagadzirwa une simba rematani 500,000 pagore, parizvino uri kushanda ne60% yesimba rawo rekugadzira. Chinangwa chehafu yechipiri ndere matani 850 emhangura yeanode pazuva, zvakaenzana nemutengo wegore wega wega wematani 300,000. Chinangwa chekusvika padanho rakazara rekugadzira chakamiswa kusvika muna 2028, zvichireva kuti kunyangwe muchina wekunyungudutsa uri kutobatsira mukugadzira, kushanda kwakasimba kwemutoro wakazara kuchiri kuenderana nekuwanikwa kwemafuta akawandisa, mamiriro emidziyo uye kuvimbika kwesimba.

Zvigadzirwa zveSulphuric acid zviri kutangawo kukanganisa hupfumi hwepurojekiti. Mukota yechipiri, muchina wekunyungudutsa mvura panzvimbo iyi wakagadzira matani 112,307 esulfuric acid ine simba guru, nemitengo yekutengesa yaChikunguru inosvika $840 patani, yakatengeswa kumigodhi iri muCopperbelt yeDRC.