Freeport: Still In Talks With Congo Government Over Tenke Project
27 January 2009 - 1:20AM
Dow Jones News
The Tenke Fungurume project is still the subject of talks
between its owners and the Congo government, U.S. producer Freeport
McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc. (FCX) said Monday.
A contract review for the project, slated to start producing
copper in the second half of the year, has been continuing for many
months. Tenke is a joint venture between Freeport, Lundin Mining
Corp. (LMC) and the government of the Congo, through state-owned
miner Gecamines.
-By Andrea Hotter, Dow Jones Newswires; +44 (0)20 7842 9413;
andrea.hotter@dowjones.com
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