At the age of 30, the Kipushi mine, the new activity since July was officially opened on November 18 by President Félix Tshisekedi. After the extraction in this mine, the zinc is produced in the world, the mining is concentrated and can be exported via Zambia.
Publication: 18/11/2024 – 20:45
2 minutes
The repetition of my activities – a joint venture between la Gécamines, small public company of the RDCand the Canadian company Ivanhoe – is a great novelty for the marches, even if they are specialized.
La mine de Kipushi devrait, au cours des premières années, contributor to 2% of global zinc productiona new source of approval bienvenue, selon Roxana Lazar, specialist métaux chez Argus Media: « Since it is very favorable for the zinc march, the car will notice the limitations of the approval of the law. Moreover, enormous tensions are currently very high and geographical tensions are greater. It affects a large production batch, without zinc, but with more metal. Confidence in the Kipushi mine not only stimulates the local economy, but also the global economy », explique-t-il.
Positive point for the chercheur, independent consultant and the old Bureau of Geological Research and Minières (BRGM) Patrice Christmann, the very high concentration of miners: « If you can do an advantage, there is an advantage in the area of the managed mini-companies, this is a big deal. If there is an impact on the environment and society of more important things and not, if you have a very rich mining industry, pour a ton of zinc, you will make large amounts of money that you would exploit from mining. »
The exploitation of these mines allows the creation of employment and the tax rent for wages. Moreover, the demand for zinc exceeds the years you can experience with the next croissants China etc Indnote. Or, the available reserves are valued over the 20 years, once for the RDC.
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