Producer

Groupement pour le Traitement du Terril de Lubumbashi (GTL)

Jersey-registered GTL joint venture in the historical Lubumbashi Big Hill cobalt-alloy chain. The DRC processing company STL is a separate legal person.

Sources support the description and the individual connections below. Publication and checking dates belong to the evidence: when it was published, and when this Hub last read it.

Documented relationships

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  • Historical · Evidence as of 2013

    Reported supply

    USGS reports that GTL Big Hill cobalt alloy was refined at Freeport Cobalt in Finland and records a two-year supply agreement; GTL is not conflated with later STL.

    2 sources
    1. EITI DRC report 2013: GTL cobalt alloy

      EITI DRC · Published 2015 · Checked 2026-09-24

      The 2013 DRC extractive-industry report identifies Groupement pour le Traitement du Terril de Lubumbashi (GTL) and its alloy output.

      Production table, GTL / All.Blanc row.

    2. USGS 2013 Minerals Yearbook: Cobalt

      U.S. Geological Survey · Published 2015 · Checked 2026-09-24

      GTL alloy from Big Hill was refined at Freeport Cobalt; CMSK reportedly sold cobalt concentrate to Freeport Cobalt.

      PDF pp.5–6, DRC and Finland sections.