Kinshasa, February 3, 2026 – Gécamines announces it is close to finalizing a commercial partnership with Kipushi Corp. (KICO), which will give it access to nearly 50% of its zinc concentrate production. With this agreement, and KICO’s estimated production of between 240,000 and 290,000 tons of zinc metal contained in the concentrates, as well as...
Kinshasa, January 12, 2026 – Following a market consultation carried out at the end of 2025, Gécamines has exercised its right to purchase 100,000 tons of Tenke Fungurume’s (TFM) 2026 copper production. This transaction is the first direct purchase of volumes reserved for Gécamines through one of its partnerships. It represents 20% of TFM’s production,...
KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, December 5, 2025 – Gécamines SA, a mining company owned by the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Mercuria Energy Trading announce the creation of a partnership aimed at promoting the marketing of copper, cobalt, and other critical minerals from the DRC’s mining sector. This collaboration will strengthen transparency, market access,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Le 13 mai 2024, le Président du Conseil d’Administration de Gécamines SA, Guy-Robert Lukama Nkunzi, a prononcé un discours lors du Cobalt Congress à New York pour discuter du rôle essentiel de la République démocratique du Congo dans la chaîne d’approvisionnement internationale en cobalt. Dans son discours, le président Lukama a souligné que Gécamines SA...
On May 13, 2024, Gécamines Chairman Guy Robert Lukama gave a keynote address at the Cobalt Congress in New York City to discuss the Democratic Republic of Congo’s essential role in the international cobalt supply chain. In his remarks, Chairman Lukama emphasized that Gécamines is leading a proactive strategy to rethink the current, unbalanced cobalt...
