Uganda Accepting Bids to Restart Kilembe Copper Mines

Mining Weekly reported that Uganda has invited bids to restart production at the Kilembe copper mines, which have been idle since the 1980′s.

As quoted in the market report:

The east African nation’s Department of Geological Survey and Mines says Kilembe has an estimated 4-million tons of ore, of which 1.98% is estimated to be pure copper and 0.17% cobalt.

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