Producer

Zijin Mining

Group reporting a 67% interest in the Kolwezi copper-cobalt operation following a 2024 state equity transfer.

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.

  • 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