DR Congo Copper Production Rises Despite Electricity Constraints

The Democratic Republic of Congo may boost copper exports to about 750,000 metric tons this year even as producers are held back by power constraints, Moise Katumbi, governor of mineral-rich Katanga province, said.

“Today we’re exporting more or less 750,000 tons of copper cathode,” Katumbi told the iPad mining and infrastructure conference in Lubumbashi, the provincial capital. “If it weren’t for the energy problems, we could already reach a million tons.”