Copper-cobalt mine associated with Somidez and CNMC; both company and independent sources document the operation.
Sources support the description and the individual connections below. Publication and checking dates refer to the evidence, not a guarantee of current operations.
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.
CNMC presents Deziwa as its copper-cobalt investment; the edge does not assert sole ownership.
The Deziwa mining project in the DRC is CNMC's largest standalone overseas copper-cobalt investment
China Nonferrous Metal Mining Company’s Somidez mine
USGS associates Somidez’s copper and cobalt exports with the Deziwa mine in 2024.
Kamoto Copper Co., a joint venture between Katanga Mining Ltd. (a subsidiary of Glencore plc.) and Gécamines