The Kinsenda Mine is a copper mine that is being opened in Katanga Province

Katanga Province

Katanga Province is one of the provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Between 1971 and 1997, its official name was Shaba Province. Under the new constitution, the province was to be replaced by four smaller provinces by February 2009; this did not actually take place.Katanga's regional...

, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
It is located near the Zambian border town of Kasumbalesa

Kasumbalesa

Kasumbalesa or sometimes Kasile is a border town in the province of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo about 96 km south-south-west of Lubumbashi. It is located at the border with Zambia, and is connected by road and railway with Lubumbashi....

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The mining company Metorex

Metorex

Metorex is a mining company based in Johannesburg, South Africa.It has assets in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Zambia and elsewhere.A recent takeover bid by the Jinchuan Group of China valued the company at US$1.1 billion.-History:...

, based in Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

, South Africa, is developing the property.
Infrastructure design is based on mining of 40,000 tons of ore per month. There is a significant risk from groundwater inflow.

Construction of the ore processing plant started in July 2006, with planned capacity to produce 54,000 tonnes per month of 45% copper concentrate. By June 2008 the mine had been dewatered and work had started on re-establishing the surface and mine infrastructure.