Power Supply Disruptions Result in 67 Days of Lost Production for Kantanga Mining

Mining Weekly reported that power supply interruptions in the DRC have resulted in 67 days of lost pro Katanga Mining’s DRC production has been seriously hampered by a series of power outages.

As quoted in the market report:

Despite the power availability issues, copper produced in metal and concentrate for 2012 totalled a record 92 963 t, an increase of 2% when compared with 2011. Cobalt production totalled 2 129 t in the year, a decrease of 13% compared with 2011.

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