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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 ...
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 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 ...
Katanga Mining Ltd was a mining company operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with its headquarters in Canada. Katanga Mining operated a major mine complex in the Congo's Katanga Province, producing refined copper and cobalt. It claimed to have the "potential of becoming Africa's largest copper producer and the world's largest ...
In 2005, the World Bank's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) funded the first DRC project by Canada and Ireland as co-investors, on behalf of the Dikulushi Mine held by Anvil Mining in Katanga Province. [81] According to the Congolese government, in 2009 Canadian companies held US$4.5 billion in mining-related investments in the DR ...
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]
This is a list of copper production by company. 2022. 2021 [1] Rank Company Country Cu production (tonnes) 1: Codelco: Chile: ... Canada: 494,000 9: Antofagasta:
This is a list of copper mines in Canada sorted by province. British Columbia. Mine: ... Reserves of 2.4 billion pounds of copper and 69 million pounds of molybdenum [1]