Shituru
DR Congo | |
Coordinates | 11°00′46″S 26°45′03″E / 11.012645°S 26.750765°E |
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Production | |
Products | Copper Cobalt |
Owner | |
Company | Pengxin Mining Holdings Gécamines |
Shituru is a town that is now a
Shituru was the site of an open cast copper mine that had been abandoned as of 1992.[2]
The East China Capital Holdings Ltd. held an option to acquire a 75% stake in the Shituru mine from Gecamines. In May 2005, International Barytex Resources Ltd. announced that it was buying a 86.67% stake in East China Capital Holdings for an effective 65% interest in Shituru Mining Corporation sprl (SMCO), the joint venture which holds the mine itself.[3]
In September 2008 Gécamines' partner, International Barytex Resources of
The Shanghai-based Pengxin Mining Holdings (Chinese: 鹏欣资源) says they started construction at the mine in September 2010, and placed the mine back into production in March 2012.[6] In 2018, Pengxin announced an agreement to sell about a third of the mine's output to be used by the lithium battery maker Dangsheng Technology.[7]
References
- ^ "Exploitation". Gécamines. Archived from the original on 2011-10-16. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
- ^ "Shituru Mine, Likasi, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)". Mindat. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL BARYTEX RESOURCES LTD: News Release" (PDF). 2006-05-17. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
- ^ "Positive Feasibility Study Received for Shituru Copper Project" (PDF). INTERNATIONAL BARYTEX RESOURCES LTD. September 15, 2008. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
- ^ "SHITURU UPDATE - FINAL PAYMENT RECEIVED" (PDF). INTERNATIONAL BARYTEX RESOURCES LTD. July 16, 2009. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
- ^ "Shituru Mining Corporation". Pengxinzy.com. 2018-08-07. Archived from the original on 2022-08-06. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- ^ Shihua, Tang; Yushuo, Zhang; Wei, Xu; Shicong, Dou; Wen, Wei (2018-09-27). "Dangsheng Tech, Pengxin Ink Five-Year Cobalt Supply Deal". Yicai Global. Retrieved 2022-08-06.