Gécamines

Gécamines SA, (an acronym for La Générale des Carrières et des Mines), is a Congolese commodity trading and mining company headquartered in Lubumbashi, in the Katanga Province 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, cobalt, tin, gold, uranium, zinc, among others.