{"id":13585,"date":"2025-10-23T09:59:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T07:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/angolas-first-major-copper-mine-to-start-production-next-week\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:26:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:26:29","slug":"angolas-first-major-copper-mine-to-start-production-next-week","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/angolas-first-major-copper-mine-to-start-production-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Angola&#8217;s first major copper mine to start production next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Angola&#8217;s first major copper mine, Tetelo, will start production on October 29, officials said on Wednesday, part of the oil-rich African country&#8217;s efforts to diversify into clean energy minerals.<\/p>\n<p>The $250 million mine is owned by Shining Star Icarus, a partnership between China&#8217;s Shining Star International Group and Angola&#8217;s Sociedade Mineira de Cobre de Angola and is expected to produce 25 000 metric tons of copper concentrate annually in the first two years of operation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am honoured to announce the inauguration of the Tetelo mine, which will take place in a few days,&#8221; Mines Minister Diamantino Azevedo told a conference in the capital Luanda.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This event will mark the start of production at the first underground mine for this very important metal,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside battery metals, such as lithium, cobalt or nickel, copper is also considered essential in the transition towards renewable energy.<\/p>\n<p>Shining Star Icarus Deputy Managing Director Rui Lopes told Reuters the initial phase will be an open-pit operation, followed by underground mining from the second half of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The mine has an offtake agreement with commodities trader Glencore, Lopes added.<\/p>\n<p>Ivanhoe Mines and Anglo American also have copper exploration projects in Angola.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13586,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-13585","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Alongside battery metals, such as lithium, cobalt or nickel, copper is also considered essential in the transition towards renewable energy.","published_date":null,"news_description":"Alongside battery metals, such as lithium, cobalt or nickel, copper is also considered essential in the transition towards renewable energy.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18642,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13585\/revisions\/18642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=13585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}