MMG (HKG:1208) produced 131,215 tonnes of copper in the September quarter, up 3% year-on-year as output increased at its African operations.
The company reported two worker fatalities at its Las Bambas Mine in Peru during the quarter. Richard José Flores Rhea and Tony Nilson González Challa were fatally injured while replacing a pump at a clarification pond.
MMG says it is focused on strengthening safety and risk management following the incident. Its total recordable injury frequency rose to 2.81 per million hours worked from 2.05 in the June quarter.
Las Bambas produced 100,289 tonnes of copper in concentrate, while Kinsevere in the Democratic Republic of the Congo delivered 19,435 tonnes of copper cathode, up 31% year-on-year.
Khoemacau in Botswana produced 11,242 tonnes of copper in concentrate, a 24% increase supported by higher feed grades and improved metallurgical recoveries.
Meanwhile, zinc production declined 5% to 55,914 tonnes, with reduced ore availability following seismic activity affecting the Rosebery Mine in Tasmania.
Dugald River in Queensland produced 47,784 tonnes of zinc in concentrate and achieved record quarterly silver production.
CEO Ivo Zhao says Las Bambas remains on track to deliver towards the upper end of its 2026 production guidance of 380,000–400,000 tonnes of copper in concentrate.
Separately, MMG has accused EU antitrust regulators of overlooking evidence supporting its proposed acquisition of Anglo American’s (LSE:AAL) Brazilian nickel business.
MMG operates copper and zinc mines across Australia, Africa, and South America.
Write to France Pinzon at Mining.com.au
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