The DRC mining industry produced 572,983 tonnes of copper from January to March 2022
The mining industry in the Democratic Republic of the Congo produced 572,983 tonnes of copper between January and March 2022 compared to 379,755 tonnes of copper in the same period in 2021, an increase in production of 193,228 tonnes, according to Bank data. central Congo in its compendium of statistical information.
During the first three months of this year, Gécamines produced 805 tons of copper, less than 1% (or more exactly 0.14%) of the production volume of the Congolese mining industry.
Recall that for the whole of 2021, the Democratic Republic of the Congo produced 1 million 797,836 tonnes of copper.