Dundee Precious Metals Tsumeb Smelter Empowers Communities

The Tsumeb smelter, located in Namibia, is one of a few smelters globally that can treat complex polymetallic concentrates, including those with higher arsenic content. DPM acquired the facility in 2010 with the objective of ensuring a stable processing outlet for our complex concentrates from Chelopech. Under our management the facility has been transformed—we have doubled its capacity, improved its operational efficiency, and brought its safety and environmental performance to international standards,

ON DIAMONDS WE BUILD

Namdeb’s operations are located within the Tsau //Kaeb (Sperrgebiet National Park), adjacent to the Orange River and Namibian Islands Marine Protected Areas. Namdeb’s comprehensive rehabilitation programme addresses a hundred (100) year legacy of mining in the Tsau //Kaeb (Sperrgebiet) National Park.

Planning with the end in mind

At Otjikoto Mine, rehabilitation planning has been part of our responsible mine planning strategy long before operations commenced. Long-term plans have been developed for the type of landscape we will leave behind at the end of life of mine,