WHO OWNS THE CONGO’S COBALT MINES??🧵
CMOC Group, a Chinese corporation. It is the second largest producer of cobalt in the world. They own the Tenke Fugurume Mine, where workers have faced amputations, life changing permanent injuries, and allegations of child labor 
SICOMINES, which has a controlling stake owned by Sinohydro, owns the Dikuluwe Mine
China Railway through its subsidiaries (COEG) owns the Kalumbwe and Luisha mines, have have stakes in Dikuluwe mine
Glencore, a Swiss group, has majority stakes in some of the largest mines in the Congo, Kamoto Copper Company SARL (KCC) and DRC Copper and Cobalt Project SARL (DCC), and Mutanda Mining SARL
Australia also owns a mine in the Congo, Tiger Resources own stakes in the Lupoto, and Kipoi mines.
Jinchuan Group owns the Kinseda and Ruashi mines, as well as Dilala and Lubembe mines
Zhenjiang Huayou Cobalt owns the Luiswishi and Kolwezi mines. Kolwezi has become infamous for the exploitation taking place there
ENRC, formerly headquartered in London, is now based in Luxembourg and is primarily Kazakhstani and controls the Mukondo mine
We can’t commit to further actions until we know who’s responsible, where to protest and disrupt, and how. Hopefully this information is a step in that direction
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