Frá 26. til 27. desember tilkynntu Zijin Mining og Zange Mining að Tibet Julong Copper Co., LTD. (" Julong Copper") Qulong Copper Mine áfanga I verkefni styrktarkerfi í lok október 2021 sameiginlega prufa, 27. desember hófst formlega í framleiðslu, til að ná heildarmarkmiði um að ljúka og framleiðslu kl. í lok árs 2021.
Það er greint frá því að eftir að fyrsti áfangi Qulong koparnámunnar er tekinn í framleiðslu, auk framleiðslu Zhibula koparnámu, er búist við að Julong Copper muni framleiða 120.000-130.000 tonn af kopar árið 2022; Fyrsti áfangi verksins mun framleiða um 160.000 tonn af kopar á ári.
Julong Copper owns the rights to Qulong Copper polymetallic deposit, Rongmu Cuola Copper deposit and Zhibula Copper polymetallic deposit in Xizang province, with 10.72 million tons of copper and 570,000 tons of associated molybdenum. The mine here is the largest world-class porphyry copper deposit in China. At present, Julong Copper is carrying out the overall plan of mine development, and it is expected to achieve an annual mining and beneficiation capacity of about 200 million tons, becoming the largest copper mine in the world.
Eignarhald Julong Copper, einni af stærstu koparnámum Kína's og stærsta koparverkefnis í byggingu á háhæðarsvæði landsins's, hefur orðið fyrir nokkrum snúningum á undanförnum árum .
Gulong Copper was formerly owned by Tibet Zangge Mining's controlling shareholder, Xizang Zangge Venture Capital Group Co., LTD. (" Zangge Group "). It was the strategic focus of Xiao Yongming, the founder of Zangge, and was planned to be incorporated into a listed company but failed. After the liquidity crisis broke out in Zangge in 2019, Zangge Group and Xiao Yongming transferred 37% equity of Gulong Copper to Zangge Mining at a discount to compensate for the capital occupation of the listed company. In June 2020, Zijin Mining spent RMB 3.883 billion to acquire 50.1% of The shares of Gulong Copper from Zangge Group and other shareholders of Gulong Copper, thus realizing the controlling of Gulong Copper. As a result of the changes, Zangge no longer holds a stake in Gulong, while Zangge's stake is reduced to 24.9 per cent and the remaining 25 per cent of Gulong is held by two state-owned shareholders.
On December 28, Zangge mining said that it is only a joint shareholder of Julong Copper, and its current focus is on industrial acquisitions and the development of salt Lake lithium mine in cooperation with Zangqing Fund.
Vegna kreppunnar í Tíbet var hætt við byggingu og námuvinnslu á Julong koparnámusvæðinu vegna fjárskorts. Eftir að Zijin Mining tók við, hóf Julong Copper störf á ný í júlí 2020.
