RE:RE:RE:Management alternative strategynotwrong, you seem to forget that the mine is located in the DRC. It took about 2 years to develop the giant Tenke Fungurume mine. As the government is now a major shareholder of the mine, Kamoa/Kakula could likely be developed in a 2 years period as no expensive infrastructure needs to be built. From Lundin Web site :
"Construction started at Tenke Fungurume in late 2006 on open-pit and oxide ore processing facilitiesv designed to produce 115,000 tpa of cathode copper and over 8,000 tpa of cobalt in hydroxide. Commissioning of the copper facilities occurred at the end of the first quarter 2009, and of the cobalt hydroxide facilities at the end of the second quarter. By year end 2009, full name plate capacities for both products were being achieved. Subsequent debottlenecking and plant upgrades allowed expansion to increase to 132,000 tpa of copper cathode and approximately 11,000 tpa cobalt hydroxide. A phase 2 expansion of the plant was completed in 2014, which has increased nameplate capacity to 195,000 tpa of copper cathode and 15,000 tpa cobalt hydroxide. In 2014, construction work commenced on a second sulphuric acid plant and this is due to be commissioned in the first half of 2016."