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Ivanhoe Mines Announces Africa's Largest and Greenest Copper Smelter Has Commenced Heat-Up
First feed of concentrate into the smelter expected by year endIvanhoe Mines to issue Kamoa-Kakula's 2026 and 2027 copper production guidance this...
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