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.
DRCMinistère des Mines
Lead state authority; sets ASM policy and creates artisanal exploitation zones (ZEA).
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DRCSAEMAPE
Front-line state agency providing on-site supervision and assistance at ASM sites.
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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.
CEEC
Controls quality/quantity and certifies mineral lots for export, including cobalt traceability.
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DRCCTCPM
Technical cell coordinating mining strategy, planning and operator registries.
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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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DRCCAMI (Cadastre Minier)
National mining cadastre managing titles, the public licence map and ZEA perimeters.
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SwitzerlandGlencore
Largest cobalt producer/trader (KCC, Mutanda); industrial-only but FCA founding member.
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ChinaCMOC Group
World’s largest cobalt producer (Tenke Fungurume, Kisanfu); industrial.
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LuxembourgEurasian Resources Group (ERG)
Metalkol RTR tailings reprocessing; signed an EGC ASM-formalisation MoU in 2026.
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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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BelgiumUmicore
Refiner/cathode maker; cobalt procurement framework that excludes ASM cobalt.
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NetherlandsFairphone
Social-enterprise phone maker; FCA co-founder and first Cobalt Credits buyer.
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USATesla
EV maker; FCA member; pursues cobalt reduction (LFP).
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USATechnology company; FCA member; RMI participant.
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South KoreaLG Energy Solution
Battery maker; FCA member since 2020; blockchain traceability work.
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