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Generator fire takes out 36MW of backup power at Kamoa-Kakula

Ivanhoe said the fire may delay the commissioning of Kamoa-Kakula's smelter by “up to three months”.

Kamoa-Kakula's first and second phase processing plant

Kamoa-Kakula's first and second phase processing plant | Credits: Ivanhoe Mines

A fire on 2 January damaged 36MW of power at the Kamoa-Kakula copper complex in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which may delay the commissioning of its smelter by "up to three months", Ivanhoe...

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