CKM Newsletter 03-11-2025

The improvement was mainly driven by higher mill throughput with the commissioning of the S3 expansion project…

First Quantum Minerals (FQM) has reported increases in copper production at both its Kansanshi and Sentinel mines in North-Western Province, reinforced by the completion of its S3 processing plant at Kansanshi. Its Kansanshi operation in Solwezi reported 47,000 tonnes of copper production in the third quarter of this year, an increase of nearly 7,000 tonnes from the previous quarter…  Read full details

• DGC TalentWorks: Building the DRC’s Future Through Skills, Dignity, and Human Potential
• ER Group: Copper, Aluminium, Chrome in Long-Term Deficit as HBI Drives Green Steel Transition
• World Mining Congress 2026 Opens Call for Short Course Proposals Focused on Project Acceleration
• Shuka Minerals Delays Zambia Mine Acquisition After GMI Funding Fails to Arrive
• Angola Rules Out State Funding for Endiama’s De Beers Stake Purchase
• AfDB Approves $14.5 Million to Power Zambia’s Clean Energy Transition with New Solar Project
• Zambia’s Kwacha Strengthens on Higher Copper Exports and Improved Fiscal Discipline

• Carter Center Forum Calls for Tax Reform to Maximize DRC’s Mineral Revenues
• FQM Advances Preservation Program at Cobre Panama Mine Amid Talks with Government
• Chinese Firms Invest Over $1.3 Billion in Nigeria’s Booming Lithium Processing Industry
• Zambia Launches Environmental Assessment into Sino Metals Pollution on the Copperbelt
• DRDGOLD Names Henriette Hooijer as New CFO for 2026
• Tanzania Port Closure Disrupts African Copper Shipments to China
• Louis Watum Strengthened Sino-Congolese Mining Ties During Official Mission to China
• Zambia and Zimbabwe Strengthen Energy Cooperation in High-Level Kariba Dam Talks
• Turkish Ambassador Highlights Growing Economic and Strategic Ties with the DRC

Ivanhoe Mines Q3 2025 Profit Falls to $31 Million as Kamoa-Kakula Faces Flooding; Kipushi and Platreef Projects Advance…

Ivanhoe Mines has reported a profit of $31 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, compared with $108 million in the same period last year. The decline was primarily driven by a lower share of profit from the Kamoa Holding joint venture (JV), which operates the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The company’s share of profit from the JV was $72 million…  Read full details

Angola Secures International Support for $4.5B Zambia-Lobito Rail Corridor to Boost Copper Trade…

Angola sought $4.5 billion in funding to construct an ambitious rail link to Zambia’s copper-rich region, Transport Minister Ricardo Viegas d’Abreu said. Italy committed $320 million to the project, while the African Development Bank pledged $500 million, d’Abreu told reporters Wednesday on the sidelines of a conference in Luanda, Angola’s capital. He also noted that the Egyptian government had…  Read full details

Mercuria Provides $100 Million to Support ERG’s Copper Projects in DRC…

Mercuria Energy Trading SA agreed to provide up to $100 million in prepayments to Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) as part of a three-year supply agreement for copper from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The financing aimed to support Luxembourg-registered ERG in developing its copper projects in the central African nation, the company said in an emailed statement on Thursday. Mercuria has… Read full details

• DGC TalentWorks: Building the DRC’s Future Through Skills, Dignity, and Human Potential
• ER Group: Copper, Aluminium, Chrome in Long-Term Deficit as HBI Drives Green Steel Transition
• World Mining Congress 2026 Opens Call for Short Course Proposals Focused on Project Acceleration
• Shuka Minerals Delays Zambia Mine Acquisition After GMI Funding Fails to Arrive
• Angola Rules Out State Funding for Endiama’s De Beers Stake Purchase
• AfDB Approves $14.5 Million to Power Zambia’s Clean Energy Transition with New Solar Project
• Zambia’s Kwacha Strengthens on Higher Copper Exports and Improved Fiscal Discipline

• FQM Advances Preservation Program at Cobre Panama Mine Amid Talks with Government
• Chinese Firms Invest Over $1.3 Billion in Nigeria’s Booming Lithium Processing Industry
• Zambia Launches Environmental Assessment into Sino Metals Pollution on the Copperbelt
• DRDGOLD Names Henriette Hooijer as New CFO for 2026

• Turkish Ambassador Highlights Growing Economic and Strategic Ties with the DRC
• Carter Center Forum Calls for Tax Reform to Maximize DRC’s Mineral Revenues
• Louis Watum Strengthened Sino-Congolese Mining Ties During Official Mission to China
• Zambia and Zimbabwe Strengthen Energy Cooperation in High-Level Kariba Dam Talks
• Tanzania Port Closure Disrupts African Copper Shipments to China

Lubumbashi Hosts 9th Alternative Mining Indaba Focused on DRC’s Strategic Minerals and Sustainable Development…

Nearly 200 people participated in the 9th edition of the Alternative Mining Indaba, held in Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga Province, in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), from October 29 to 31, 2025. The participants came from various provinces across the country and represented civil society organizations, local communities, and government institutions. This year’s event carried special…  Read full details