Private company
Katanga Mining
Mining company
Katanga Mining Ltd was a mining company operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with its headquarters in Canada. Katanga Mining operated a major mine complex in the Congo's Katanga Province, producing refined copper and cobalt. It claimed to have the "potential of becoming Africa's largest copper producer and the world's largest cobalt producer."2 It is part of Glencore.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industrymining1
- HeadquartersWhitehorse1
- Websitewww.katangamining.com
- Legal formpublic limited company1
- Listed onToronto Stock Exchange1
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Katanga Mining Ltd was a mining company operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with its headquarters in Canada. Katanga Mining operated a major mine complex in the Congo's Katanga Province, producing refined copper and cobalt. It claimed to have the "potential of becoming Africa's largest copper producer and the world's largest cobalt producer."2
Corporate structure
Katanga Mining is part of a group headed by Glencore. 9 entities, 5 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Glencore New York, New York, United States
- Katanga Mining Whitehorse
- Glencore Nikkelverk Subsidiary · Kristiansand, Norway
- Kazzinc Subsidiary · Oskemen
- Altyntau Subsidiary
- Zhairem GOK Subsidiary · Zhairem
- Xstrata Subsidiary · Zug
- Glencore (Canada) Subsidiary · Canada
- Glencore Agriculture Czech Subsidiary · Czechia
Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.
Subsidiaries and ownership
Parent company
Owners
From Wikidata.1
Controversies and legal
Incidents
February 2015, an overturned truck spilled 60 cubic metres of sulphuric acid.
In January 2018, a dike broke at Kamoto mine, causing a sodium hydrosulphide spill that damaged crops and killed fish. Four hundred and sixty households were affected. Soil contamination had not been cleaned up later in 2018.
From Wikipedia’s article on Katanga Mining, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
Timeline
- 1996Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.katangamining.com1
- WikipediaKatanga Mining
- WikidataQ6375096
Sources
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- 1WikidataKatanga Mining on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaKatanga Mining on Wikipedia
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