Ivanhoe Mines
Co-developer of the Kamoa-Kakula copper complex in the DRC, among the highest-grade large copper mines in the world.
Key data
- Headquarters
- Vancouver, Canada
- Listing
- TSX: IVN
- Founded
- 1993
- Countries
- Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa
- Commodities
- Copper
- Website
- https://www.ivanhoemines.com
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
The DRC hosts the highest-grade major copper mines in the world and dominates global cobalt supply, with the Lobito Corridor reshaping how that output reaches international markets.
South Africa
South Africa has the continent's deepest mining, metals and chemicals industrial base, and its energy agenda is dominated by Eskom's generation fleet, transmission capacity and the renewables procurement programme.
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Lobito Atlantic Railway
Rail concession linking the Angolan port of Lobito to the Copperbelt in the DRC and Zambia, shortening export routes for copper and cobalt.
Inga Hydropower Complex
Congo River hydropower complex central to any credible plan to power DRC mining growth.
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Copperbelt growth keeps running into the power question
Expansion plans in Lualaba and North-Western Province depend on firm electricity, placing hydropower rehabilitation and imports at the centre of copper strategy.
Lobito Corridor volumes become the metric to watch for Copperbelt exports
The Atlantic route shortens transit versus east coast alternatives; realised tonnage will determine its strategic weight.
Eskom energy availability reaches 68.2%, highest in six years
Eskom reports a financial-year-to-date Energy Availability Factor of 68.2%. Year-to-date diesel spend fell R4.87 billion (80.47%) to R1.18 billion, and the utility reports 5,695 MW of surplus capacity.
DRC holds cobalt exports to 96,600 tonnes a year as refining stays in China
The DRC caps cobalt exports at 96,600 tonnes a year, while processing remains concentrated in China, according to Le Point.cd's review after the 23–25 September Trump–Xi meeting.
Transmission capacity, not generation, now frames South Africa's renewables debate
Grid access constraints in high-resource provinces are the binding factor for new renewable capacity.
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