18.10.2017
27.09.2016
Metalkol RTR (the Roan Tailings Reclamation Project).
June Construction started in
2015
Metalkol RTR which is nearing completion and is set to achieve the initial annual production rates of 14 000 tonnes of cobalt and 77 000 tonnes of copper in 2019, is a comprehensive hydro-metallurgical facility to reprocess the historic tailings dumped into the environment from previous activities by other mining companies in the area in the 1950’s.
Target products and capacity:
Metalkol RTR which is nearing completion and is set to achieve the initial annual production rates of 14 000 tonnes of cobalt and 77 000 tonnes of copper in 2019, is a comprehensive hydro-metallurgical facility to reprocess the historic tailings dumped into the environment from previous activities by other mining companies in the area in the 1950’s.
Target products and capacity:
Cu
copper (Phase I)
70,000 tpa
Cu
copper (at full capacity)
120,000 tpa
Co
cobalt (Phase I)
14,000 tpa
Co
cobalt (at full capacity)
24,000 tpa
The RTR project supports ERG when it pursues a growth centered strategy which will see its production increase to about
350,000 tpa
of copper and more than
50,000 tpa
of cobalt.
Location:
Near Kolwezi, the Democratic
Republic of Congo.
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