Kinsevere
Encyclopedia
Kinsevere is an open pit mine and Heavy Media Separation plant with an electric arc furnace operated by Anvil Mining
.
It is located 30 kilometres (18.6 mi) north of Lubumbashi
, Katanga Province
, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Kinsevere is in the Kipushi Territory in Katanga province.
There are three deposits: Central Pit, Mashi and Kinsevere Hill.
These are mostly stratiform deposits in alternating dolomitic and terrigenous formations.
The dolomitic rocks that underlay the formations are excellent aquifers.
For the year of 2011, Anvil expected to produce between 36,000 and 38,000 tonnes of copper as copper cathodes and copper in concentrates. Anvil was completing construction of a $400 million SX-EW
plant to extract the copper, and the Heavy Media Separation plant was scheduled to shut down at the end of June 2011.
After the upgrades, the mine is expected to produce about 60,000 tons of copper annually. Anvil is studying the potential for further increasing the rate of production.
Minmetals Resources of China recently made a takeover bid for Anvil worth $1.3 billion.
Anvil Mining
Anvil Mining is a copper producer that has been operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2002.The company headquarters are based in Montreal, Canada.Anvil is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Australian Stock Exchange....
.
It is located 30 kilometres (18.6 mi) north of Lubumbashi
Lubumbashi
Lubumbashi is the second largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, second only to the nation's capital Kinshasa, and the hub of the southeastern part of the country. The copper-mining city serves as the capital of the relatively prosperous Katanga Province, lying near the Zambian border...
, Katanga Province
Katanga Province
Katanga Province is one of the provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Between 1971 and 1997, its official name was Shaba Province. Under the new constitution, the province was to be replaced by four smaller provinces by February 2009; this did not actually take place.Katanga's regional...
, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Kinsevere is in the Kipushi Territory in Katanga province.
There are three deposits: Central Pit, Mashi and Kinsevere Hill.
These are mostly stratiform deposits in alternating dolomitic and terrigenous formations.
The dolomitic rocks that underlay the formations are excellent aquifers.
For the year of 2011, Anvil expected to produce between 36,000 and 38,000 tonnes of copper as copper cathodes and copper in concentrates. Anvil was completing construction of a $400 million SX-EW
SX-EW
Solvent extraction and electrowinning is a two-stage metallurgy process that first extracts and upgrades copper ions from low-grade leach solutions into a concentrated electrolyte , and then deposits pure copper onto cathodes using an electrolytic procedure ....
plant to extract the copper, and the Heavy Media Separation plant was scheduled to shut down at the end of June 2011.
After the upgrades, the mine is expected to produce about 60,000 tons of copper annually. Anvil is studying the potential for further increasing the rate of production.
Minmetals Resources of China recently made a takeover bid for Anvil worth $1.3 billion.