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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 ...
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 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 ...
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 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.
It was the largest company in Switzerland as well as the world's largest commodities trading company, with a 2010 global market share of 60% in internationally tradable zinc, 50% in internationally tradable copper, 9% in the internationally tradable grain market and 3% in the internationally tradable oil market. [10] [8] [11]
In August 2011 Glencore's CEO said the company planned to combine the two properties and to increase its share to over 50%. [ 14 ] In 2012, Glencore paid $340 million and took on $140 million in debt to increase its share of Samref Overseas from 50% to 74.49%, and for a 1% stake in Samref Congo .