Covering an area of over 1,500 square kilometers, our Tenke Fungurume Mine (TFM) in the DRC specializes in exploration, mining, extraction, processing, and sales of copper and cobalt, boasting a complete set of techniques and processes for all stages from mining to processing. It mainly produces copper cathode and cobalt hydroxide.
Links
- https://tfmofficial.com/
- https://en.cmoc.com/html/Business/Congo-Cu-Co/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenke_Fungurume_Mine
- https://www.mining.com/web/cmoc-to-double-copper-output-at-congo-mines-to-1-million-tons-by-2028/
- https://maps.app.goo.gl/9mToHN67NcbbFTey7
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-228186.html
Notes
Owner/operator: China Molybdenum Co., Ltd 56%, affiliate of BHR Partners (Chinese private equity firm) 24%, Gecamines 20%
Start operations: 2009
Nearest settlement: Tenke (90 kinh; 5 km)
Annual production 420 ktpa and increasing
Co-products: Ag, Co
Recipient of The Copper Mark
Köppen climate type: Cwa - Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate
Media coverage
- Jun-26: CMOC Congo copper mine offers bonuses, threats to stop strike (checked 9-Jun-26)
- Feb-26: New line opens to copper mine in Democratic Republic of Congo (checked 6-Mar-26)
- Jan-26: Gecamines to buy 100,000t of copper from Tenke Fungurume mine (checked 13-Jan-26)
- Jul-24: https://www.mining.com/web/cmoc-to-double-copper-output-at-congo-mines-to-1-million-tons-by-2028/
Created 16-May-25; updated Jan-26, Mar-26, Jun-26