According to the design, the 20,000-ton cathode copper project of CNMC Mabende Leaching Smelter involves a total investment of 148.31 million USD and has a construction period of 15 months. Its construction officially began on April 4, 2013. Through the united efforts and hard work by both the design and construction teams, the construction was basically completed within 2013. The whole project was put under trial run as of February 10, 2014 and it turned out the first batch of cathode copper on March 14, over three months ahead of schedule. A modern leaching smelter has been built and put into production in the jungle of the Democratic Republic of Congo. 

 

(By: Yang Ting of SMLZ)