Who shapes artisanal cobalt.
A registry of the organisations across ASM cobalt, DRC-focused with the global actors that matter. Filter by type, search by name. Every entry links to its source.
DRCEGC (Entreprise Générale du Cobalt)
Gécamines subsidiary with the legal monopoly to buy, process and market all ASM cobalt; produced its first traceable artisanal cobalt in Nov 2025.
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Regulator of strategic-mineral markets; sets cobalt export rules and quotas; manages the national strategic reserve.
UKCobalt Institute
Global cobalt trade association; responsible-sourcing positions and annual market report.
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DRCMinistère des Mines
Lead state authority; sets ASM policy and creates artisanal exploitation zones (ZEA).
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NetherlandsFair Cobalt Alliance
Multi-stakeholder action platform investing in professionalisation, child rights and livelihoods at ASM cobalt sites.
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DRCGécamines
State copper-cobalt company; parent of EGC and vehicle for state control of the cobalt value chain.
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ChinaCMOC Group
World’s largest cobalt producer (Tenke Fungurume, Kisanfu); industrial.
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SwitzerlandGlencore
Largest cobalt producer/trader (KCC, Mutanda); industrial-only but FCA founding member.
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DRCSAEMAPE
Front-line state agency providing on-site supervision and assistance at ASM sites.
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ChinaZhejiang Huayou Cobalt
Major refiner; subsidiary CDM central to the 2016 child-labour findings; FCA member.
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SingaporeTrafigura
Trader; ran the Mutoshi ASM pilot and helped operationalise EGC purchasing.
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Controls quality/quantity and certifies mineral lots for export, including cobalt traceability.
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USAResponsible Minerals Initiative (RMI)
Audit programme, cobalt refiner standard and the ASM Cobalt Normative Framework.
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GermanyBGR
German geosciences institute; mapped the artisanal copper-cobalt sector (2019); Certified Trading Chains.
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FranceOECD Due Diligence Guidance
The foundational five-step framework nearly every cobalt scheme aligns to.
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USAUSGS
Authoritative annual cobalt production and reserves data.
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LuxembourgEurasian Resources Group (ERG)
Metalkol RTR tailings reprocessing; signed an EGC ASM-formalisation MoU in 2026.
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UKAmnesty International
Flagship cobalt reporting (2016, 2017, 2023).
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