Focus on Copper

In addition to gold, Ma’aden also continues to successfully extract, process and export copper. In 2020, a total of 2,619 million tonnes were processed at a concentration of 2.79% and with a recovery rate of 93.6% resulting in 68,291 tonnes of copper.

In 2020, the mine exceeded targets for both ore extraction and the production of copper concentrates.

During 2020, 25 shipments of bulk copper concentrates were loaded from Yanbu commercial port, either to China, Japan, India, Europe or the Philippines.

68,291

tonnes of
copper in 2020

The Company has continued to provide relevant authorities with all data on environmental monitoring. Ma'aden and Barrick Copper Company attaches great importance to the environment and the application of all relevant environmental regulations and regulations in all mine facilities. Our ISO 14001 Environmental Management Certificate was obtained in November 2020.

68,291

tonnes of
copper in 2020