Kamoa Copper’s green energy focus now on the Inga II hydropower plant to power Kamoa expansions
In August 2021, Kamoa-Kakula’s energy company signed an extension of the existing financing agreement with the DRC’s state-owned power company SNEL to upgrade turbine 5 at the Inga II hydropower complex. Since June 2021, rehabilitation scoping works and technical visits have been conducted by Stucky Ltd. of Renens, Switzerland, and Voith Hydro of Heidenheim, Germany, a leading engineering group. Voith Hydro, the contractor for the turbine 5 upgrade, has successfully rehabilitated two turbine generators at the adjoining Inga I hydropower plant, a project that was financed by the World Bank.
Turbine 5 is expected to produce 162 MW of renewable hydropower, providing the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex and the planned, associated smelter with abundant, sustainable electricity for future expansions. Early works related to the removal of sand from the area around turbine 5 is nearing completion, which will allow the engineering team to complete the scoping work. Dismantling of turbine 5, starting on the alternator level, has commenced. Basic engineering for the design of a new turbine wheel and runners is ongoing at Voith’s Heidenheim offices.
The substation at the Inga II hydropower facility, alongside the Inga River.
Kamoa Copper and Ivanhoe Mines senior management teams with auditors from international accounting firm PwC at one of the high-grade mining areas at the Kakula Mine.
Landscaper Jenny Mutimpa LeDoux working in the gardens at Kamoa village.
Kona Mumongo Grace, a farmer in the village of Kaponda, and his daughter Tshisola, with tangerine orange tree seedlings for planting at his home. The seedlings were among 3,200 donated by the Kamoa-Kakula Sustainable Livelihoods Program to promote sustainable development in local communities.
