Mining site

Metalkol RTR

Tailings recovery operation near Kolwezi producing cobalt hydroxide and copper from historic deposits.

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.

  • Metalkol RTRElectra Battery Materials
    Historical · Evidence as of 2024-04-02

    Planned material origin

    ERG and Electra explicitly identified Metalkol as the planned cobalt-hydroxide origin in their 2024 arrangement. The mine site did not sign this agreement; shipment is unconfirmed.

    1 source
    1. Electra and Eurasian Resources Group Sign Cobalt Supply Agreement ↗

      Electra Battery Materials · Published 2024-04-02 · Checked 2026-09-17

      Cobalt will come from ERG’s Metalkol operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

      Opening binding-LOI paragraph and first/third bullets.

  • Metalkol RTREVelution Energy
    Announced · Evidence as of 2023-10-11

    Planned material origin

    The preliminary ERG–EVelution agreement named Metalkol as planned feedstock origin. This is a project-origin statement, not a direct mine contract or observed shipment.

    1 source
    1. EVelution Energy Inks Five-Year Supply Agreement for its Cobalt Processing Facility with Eurasian Resources Group ↗

      EVelution Energy · Published 2023-10-11 · Checked 2026-09-17

      ERG plans to supply cobalt hydroxide from its flagship Metalkol production facility in the DRC.

      First three paragraphs; agreement explicitly preliminary.

  • Eurasian Resources Group (ERG)Metalkol RTR
    Reported · Evidence as of 2026-09-16

    Operates

    ERG describes Metalkol as its cobalt-copper tailings processing operation.

    3 sources
    1. Cobalt division ↗

      Eurasian Resources Group · Checked 2026-09-16

      ERG’s Metalkol processes oxide cobalt/copper tailings to produce cobalt hydroxide

      Cobalt division, final operational description

    2. Environmental Stewardship ↗

      ERG Africa · Checked 2026-09-16

      Dry-stacked at the dust-emitting Kingamyambo Tailings Dam (approximately 30 million tonnes)

      Tailings processing at Metalkol (also Musonoi River valley)

    3. 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