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China's largest copper deposit Yulong copper mine in the Tibet Autonomous
Region is to start copper cathode production end-September with its output
expected to reach 1,800-2,000 mt in 2008, the official Xinhua news agency
reported on Friday.
The first phase of the Yulong project is expected to be fully completed
in 2010, which will reach a copper cathode output capacity of 30,000 mt/year.
The mine in the long run aims to reach a copper output of 100,000 mt/year.
Preliminary copper reserves estimated at Yulong copper mine is at above
6.5 million mt and its copper reserves in the long run could reach 10 million
mt in the long run. The mine is the country's largest resources deposit and
the second largest in Asia, the report said.
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