Ivanhoe starts Kamoa construction

Africa-focused project developer Ivanhoe Mines last week said it had started construction on the box cut for the initial portal to planned decline ramps that will provide underground access to the proposed Kamoa copper mine, in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Katanga province. The TSX-listed firm on Thursday reported that the construction contract was awarded to Lubumbashi-based Mining Company Katanga (MCK), which had extensive local experience in contract mining and earthworks and had worked on other significant Katanga copper mining projects, including Kinsevere, Kipoi and Kolwezi.