Kando Mine
Conventional drill-blast-load-haul mining of oxide copper-cobalt ore. 5.2 Mt of ore mined in 2025, strip ratio 3.1.
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Lualaba copper and cobalt, produced with rigour, reported with transparency.
Kando Ressources operates an open-pit mine and an SX-EW plant 28 km from Kolwezi. We publish our production figures, our payments to the State and our safety results, and we answer every grievance.
61 400 tcopper cathode produced in 2025
3 900 tcontained cobalt (hydroxide) in 2025
2 340employees, 93% Congolese
118 M USDpaid to the State in 2025 (EITI disclosure)
What we do
One mine, one plant, one exploration permit
Everything we produce is mined, processed and shipped from Lualaba.
Kando Plant
Milling, tank leach, solvent extraction and electrowinning: 65,000 t/yr of grade A copper cathode and 4,500 t/yr of contained cobalt as hydroxide.
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Kanzenze South Exploration
18,000 m drilling campaign in 2025-2026 on a deposit extension. Maiden resource expected in the first half of 2027.
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What we measure, we publish.
Safety, water, energy, local employment and payments to the State: the same indicators every year, independently assured.
0,42lost-time injury frequency rate (per million hours)
0fatalities since 2023
71 %process water recycled
38 %electricity from renewable sources (hydro + solar)
Illustrative figures, to be replaced with the company's data.
News
Latest releases
22 July 2026Second quarter 2026 production: 16,400 tonnes of copper cathodeProduction
Kando Ressources produced 16,400 t of copper cathode and 1,020 t of contained cobalt in the second quarter of 2026, up 4% on the previous quarter, on plant availability of 94% and feed grades in line with plan.
The lost-time injury frequency rate was 0.41. Full-year guidance of 64,000 to 66,000 t of copper is maintained.
30 June 2026Copper Mark assurance enters on-site verificationSustainability
Independent assessors have completed the desk review of the 32 Copper Mark criteria and will conduct the Kando site visit in September 2026.
The company will publish the assessment report in full.
15 May 20262025 sustainability report published with independent assuranceSustainability
The report, aligned with GRI standards and TCFD recommendations, covers safety, water, emissions, local employment and the community obligations plan.
Scope 1 and 2 emissions fell 9% in 2025 as the solar plant ramped up.
Investors and partners
The documents you need, in one place.
Annual reports, financial statements, quarterly production reports and EITI disclosures.
Calendar
- 21 October 2026
Third quarter 2026 production report
- 27 January 2027
Fourth quarter and full-year 2026 production report
- 26 March 2027
2026 annual results and annual report
- 29 April 2027
Annual general meeting, Kolwezi
Community programmes
Neighbours first
Three schools, a health centre, twelve boreholes and 340 families in cooperatives: the community obligations plan is an annual commitment agreed with the local development committees.