Gécamines

Also known as Gecamines, GCM, La Générale des Carrières et des Mines

La Générale des Carrières et des Mines (Gécamines) is a Congolese commodity trading and mining company headquartered in Lubumbashi, in the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is a state-controlled corporation founded in 1966 and a successor to the Union Minière du Haut-Katanga. Gecamines is engaged in the exploration, research, exploitation and production of mineral deposits including copper and cobalt.

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Instance of: business
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Headquarters: Lubumbashi
Industry: mining
Legal form: state-owned enterprise
Official website: gecamines.cd
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inception: 1967-01-01
director / manager: Albert Yuma
Commons category: Gécamines

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
From the UMHK to Gecamin
From the nationalization to the privatization of Gécamines (2010)
Since 2010, modernization of Gécamines
Operations
Production data
Copper
Cobalt
Sites owned by Gécamines
Mines
Copper smelters
Copper refineries
Sites in project
Corporate status
Board of directors
General manager
Internal transformation plan
Partnerships
Deziwa Mining Company
Shareholding
Citations
References
External links

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