Last weekend, the Congo (DRC) Lamika Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Lamika") Bomby Copper Cobalt Project successfully produced the first batch of copper cathodes, which marked the official completion of the project’s copper production system and the smooth realization The key milestone node targets for the project to be put into production.
The construction of the Bomby copper-cobalt mine project started at the end of May 2019, and the commissioning trial was launched on August 25, 2020. The first batch of copper cathodes was successfully produced on September 13. The main project construction took only 15 months, and the commissioning trial took only 19 Day, once again vividly demonstrated China's efficiency and Wanbao mineral strength.
Since February 2020, the new crown pneumonia epidemic has raged around the world. The epidemic has caused many difficulties such as delays in equipment delivery, closure of South African ports, reduced logistics efficiency, interruption of international flights, and shortage of construction personnel. Commissioning has brought unprecedented challenges. Under the strong leadership of Wanbao Minerals Headquarters, Lamika Company meticulously organized, scientifically planned, organized supervision units, general contractors, subcontractors, equipment and material suppliers and other participating units to work overtime and cooperate with each other to successfully overcome the above Challenges, and finally achieved "double victories" in project construction and epidemic prevention and control, which effectively guaranteed the smooth commissioning of the project under the epidemic situation.
The successful production of the first batch of copper cathodes from Bomby’s copper-cobalt mine project is a vivid manifestation of all participating units overcoming difficulties, forging ahead in unity, sticking to the front line overseas, demonstrating sense of responsibility and enterprising consciousness. It is also a vivid manifestation of Wanbao Minerals’ active response to the country’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative. The initiative, another fruitful result of intensive cultivation of the African mining market, will open the "14th Five-Year Plan" blueprint for Wanbao Minerals and contribute new forces to the construction of a world-class mining company. At the same time, it will also become a new model of China-Congo cooperation.
