Mining
Through Gecamines, the DRC is developing autonomy over its resources and enhancing the ability to explore, process, and refine materials within the DRC.
Sites
Gécamines SA's activities in the southeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo are organized into three groups.
Clean energy
Gécamines is an important player in the global shift to clean energy which is driving unprecedented demand for metals critical to that transition.
Our people
Gécamines is proud to emphasize the well-being of our employees, promote innovation, and ensure workplace safety.
About Gécamines
Congolese Solutions to International Problems
Gécamines is leading a proactive strategy to rethink current, unbalanced supply chains to prioritize local capacity, economic development, and job creation across the DRC.
Empowering DRC's people and economic stability
A top priority of Chairman Lukama is helping the DRC develop autonomy over its resources and enhancing the ability to explore, process, and refine materials within the DRC.
A storied history of innovation
In addition to a mastery of mining, Gécamines has developed innovations in the agricultural, medical, and education fields — tied in the mission of developing strong community in the DRC.
Latest news
April Newsletter
Greetings from Gécamines. The first quarter of 2025 has witnessed several significant developments. On February 22, after an in-depth assessment of the cobalt market, His Excellency Felix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), announced a series of measures aimed at restoring order and ensuring optimal management of this strategic resource. One...
A Message from Gécamines Chairman & Managing Director Placide Nkala Basadilua
While it is still early in 2025, Gécamines has been very busy, and we look forward to providing you periodic updates – but this post concerns the ongoing violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). We strongly condemn the recent hostilities by the M23 rebel group in the eastern DRC. The violence has...
“DRC Day: The Road to Investment, Peace, and Security in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The following are remarks made by Guy-Robert LUKAMA NKUNZI, Gecamines Chairman, on Friday, October 25th at the Atlantic Council in partnership with Rawbank. Ladies and gentlemen, Dear and Honorable Guests, Thank you for allowing us to deliver the opening remarks for this roundtable. Thank you to the Atlantic Council, in partnership with Rawbank, for organizing...
STL makes history with its first Germanium concentrates export from DRC
Lubumbashi, October 14, 2024 — This week, for the first time in the history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a Congolese company, the Société du Terril de Lubumbashi (STL), a 100% subsidiary of Gécamines, will export a shipment of germanium concentrates that were locally transformed from the tailings at Big Hill in...
Our Leadership
Gecamines’ executive team is comprised of subject-matter experts with decades of relevant experience providing solutions in the mining sector.
Chairman of the BoardGuy-Robert LUKAMA N.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERMr Placide Nkala Basadilua
DEPUTY CEO of MININGMr Ludovic Monga Banza
