DRC: 1.456 million tonnes of copper produced at the end of November 2020, up 12% compared to the same period in 2019
The mining industry produced 1,456,252.54 tonnes of copper during the first 11 months of 2020 against 1,295,131.65 tonnes in the same period in 2019, an increase of 12.43%, according to data provided by the Ministry of Mines.
This production volume at the end of November 2020 beats the production record for the whole of 2019, which was 1 million 420 386 tonnes of copper.
Recall that in 2018, the DRC’s mining industry produced 1,225,227 tonnes of copper against 1,094,638 tonnes in 1,017 and 1,023,687 tonnes in 2016.
