Ivanhoe’s Kipushi zinc mine in the DRC officially reopens
The restart marked exactly a century since the mine first went into production.
Xstrata Copper will invest $1.47-billion in two copper mines in Peru, with the goal of increasing production in the country by 60% in 2012, according to a company presentation obtained by Reuters last week. Mining Weekly reports:
Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata is expanding its Tintaya mine, which produced 93 000 t of copper in 2010, and is developing the nearby Antapaccay mine. That will bring Xstrata’s Peru copper output to 600 000 t in two years.
