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The Kamoto Mine (French: La mine de Kamoto) is an underground copper and cobalt mine to the west of Musonoi in the former Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2] As of 2022, the site is the largest active cobalt mine in the world. [3] The mine includes the Luilu metallurgical plant, which accepts ore from KOV mine and Mashamba ...
The mine is run by Kamoto Copper Company, a joint venture between Glencore (75%) and Gécamines (25%). [ 5 ] The deposits began to be exploited in 1960 by Gécamines up until 2000, when operations stopped due to flooding.
On April 20, 2018, Gécamines sued the Anglo-Swiss commodity brokerage firm Glencore, with which the Congolese company has a joint venture, the Kamoto Copper Company (KCC). [26] Gecamines denounces the non-reconstitution of KCC's own funds and the company's debt to Glencore at rates higher than those it borrows. On June 12 and 13, both parties ...
The death last month of 43 artisan miners at the Kamoto Copper Company KOV concession in the Democratic Republic of Congo has refocused attention on the human cost of producing what is a key input ...
London-based metals trader Stratton Metal Resources Ltd will sell cobalt sulphate produced by First Cobalt Corp's Canadian refinery under a five-year deal, a source with direct knowledge of the ...
The company was first listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange in August 1997. [4] In January 2008 Katanga Mining acquired Nikanor plc for $452m. [1] [3] Katanga Mining was purchased by Glencore in 2020 and it was de-listed from the Toronto Stock Exchange. [5] [6]
The Swiss company Glencore owns a number of large copper mines, particularly after acquiring Katanga Mining as a wholly owned subsidiary. Currently, Glencore owns majority stakes in Kamoto Copper Company SARL (KCC) and DRC Copper and Cobalt Project SARL (DCC), which run several copper/cobalt mines, as well as a Mutanda Mining SARL , which runs ...
Bread for all and Catholic Lenten Fund, an NGO that has written several reports documenting environmental justice impacts of mining in the province, concluded that frequent chemical spills near Mutanda mine and the Kamoto Copper Company facilities have negatively impacted community members' right to food. [16]