Producer

COMMUS

Company operating the Kolwezi copper-cobalt mine; reported as a Zijin and Gécamines venture.

Sources support the description and the individual connections below. Publication and checking dates refer to the evidence, not a guarantee of current operations.

Documented relationships

Reported means the cited source describes the relationship at its evidence date. Historical relationships refer to an earlier period. Announced agreements may not have been implemented. None of these labels confirms that trade continues today.

  • COMMUSKolwezi (COMMUS)
    Historical · Evidence as of 2024

    Operates

    COMMUS is the operator identified in independent accounts of the Kolwezi mine.

    2 sources
    1. Powering Change or Business as Usual? ↗

      Amnesty International / IBGDH · Published 2023-09-12 · Checked 2026-09-16

      Mutoshi is a copper and cobalt mining project, north-east of Kolwezi.

      pp.6–7 executive summary; COMMUS, Chemaf and Metalkol; company responses in annex

    2. Congo (Kinshasa): 2024 mineral industry report ↗

      USGS · Checked 2026-09-16

      Kamoto Copper Co., a joint venture between Katanga Mining Ltd. (a subsidiary of Glencore plc.) and Gécamines

      2024 Report > Commodity Review > Cobalt and Copper, paragraphs by operator

  • Zijin MiningCOMMUS
    Historical · Evidence as of 2023-09-12

    Owns

    The 2023 Amnesty/IBGDH report identifies Zijin as COMMUS’s majority owner.

    2 sources
    1. Powering Change or Business as Usual? ↗

      Amnesty International / IBGDH · Published 2023-09-12 · Checked 2026-09-16

      Mutoshi is a copper and cobalt mining project, north-east of Kolwezi.

      pp.6–7 executive summary; COMMUS, Chemaf and Metalkol; company responses in annex

    2. Beneath the Green: industrial cobalt mining ↗

      RAID / AFREWATCH · Published 2024-03-27 · Checked 2026-09-16

      Tenke Fungurume Mining (owned by CMOC); Metalkol (Eurasian Resources Group)

      Further background; all five operations and parent groups identified