# Kamoa Copper awards China Nerin basic engineering contract for copper smelter

Kamoa Copper has awarded China Nerin Engineering the basic engineering contract for a direct-to-blister flash smelter at the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The smelter will use Metso Outotec technology and have a nameplate capacity of 500,000 tonnes per year of blister copper.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2021-11-19
- Where: Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo - Kinshasa
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 500,000 tonnes per year of blister copper
- Products: blister copper, flash smelter
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Metso Outotec](https://endata.com/companies/48313.md) (supplier)
- [Kamoa Copper](https://endata.com/companies/59143.md) (customer)
- [China Nerin Engineering](https://endata.com/companies/59144.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [im-mining.com](https://im-mining.com/2021/11/19/ivanhoe-awards-china-nerin-direct-blister-copper-smelter-engineering-contract-include-metso-outotec-tech/), 2021-11-19: "The contract was signed earlier today by Mark Farren, CEO of Kamoa Copper, and Wu Runhua, General Manager of Nerin, at a virtual ceremony held at the Kamoa-Kakula Mine and Nanchang City."

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