Canada's Lundin Mining Begins Production of Copper Cathodes from Tenke Fungurume Deposits in Congo

BANGALORE, INDIA--April 6, 2009--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Lundin Mining Corporation (NYSE:LMC) (Toronto, Ontario), a base metals mining firm, has begun production of copper cathodes from the Tenke Fungurume copper/cobalt deposits in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The facility has been designed with an initial capacity of 115,000 tons per year of copper cathode of London Grade A quality, and 8,000 tons per year of cobalt in the form of cobalt metal or as intermediate cobalt hydroxide. Other companies featured: Freeport-McMoRan Gold and Copper Incorporated (NYSE:FCX)