Canadian miner achieves record smelter production

Canada-based international gold mining company Dundee Precious Metals’ (DPM’s) Tsumeb copper smelter, in Tsumeb, in Namibia, achieved record smelting production in December, with quarterly concentrate production also at a record high of 61 270 t, DPM said when it announced its mine and smelter production results for the three months and year ended December 31. The complex concentrate processing facility produced 200 000 t in the year, achieving its updated 2016 guidance of between 195 000 t and 205 000 t which was issued on November 8.