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Ivanhoe Mines said on Thursday that a greenhouse gas emissions assessment has established its Kamoa-Kakula copper complex, located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as the market-leading major copper producer in terms of carbon footprint.
It is also a function of the DRC grid being among the world’s cleanest, with 99.5% of grid power generated from hydroelectricity, according to the US Energy Information Administration. The 100-hectare smelter complex is under construction adjacent to the operating Phase 1 and Phase 2 concentrator plants. The smelter has been designed to incorporate direct-to-blister technology supplied by Metso Outotec of Espoo, Finland, and will meet the International Finance Corporation’s emissions standards.
Including the partial Scope 3 emissions, Skarn Associates and WSP Group estimate that Kamoa-Kakula’s GHG emissions-intensity in 2022 was approximately 2.42 CO2-e/t Cu. Following the completion of the Phase 3 expansion and the smelter, the emissions intensity of Kamoa-Kakula, on a Scope 1, 2 and 3 basis, is estimated to almost halve to 1.31 CO2-e/t Cu, which ranks it within the bottom decile.
To support the further reduction of downstream GHG emissions, Ivanhoe says it is working with its offtake partners. This includes targeting low-emission copper refineries, where commercially feasible, as well as supporting lower carbon-intensive logistics routes.
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