Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Democratic Republic of the Congo mined 73% (USGS) of the world's cobalt in 2025 (estimated).
73%
of the world's cobalt mining in 2025 (estimated), according to USGS · about 3 in 4
#1 in cobalt miningANNUAL 2025
Materials with a production share
2
with a mining or refining share on record
Sites on record
42
Mines and plants in the open sources. Coverage is partial.
Exports of the ten materials
$27bn
2024; most of it copper; 33 partner countries
Grid emissions intensity
28gCO2e/kWh
2024
Overview
What it produces
Share of world output, per material and stage. Each bar is one source's figure; where two sources report the same stage, both are shown and never blended. A full-width bar would be 100%.
Cobalt· Mine
- 73%about 3 in 4#1 in cobalt miningUSGS, 2025 (estimated) · 230 000 t
Rank 1 of the 12 countries with a figure in this USGS table.
- 66%about 2 in 3#1 in cobalt miningIEA, 2025 · 210 kt Co
Rank 1 of the 6 countries with a figure in this IEA table.
Copper· Mine
- 14%about 1 in 10#2 in copper miningIEA, 2025 · 3 338 kt Cu
Rank 2 of the 6 countries with a figure in this IEA table.
- 14%about 1 in 10#2 in copper miningUSGS, 2025 (estimated) · 3 200 kt
Rank 2 of the 14 countries with a figure in this USGS table.
Copper· Refine
- 9.7%about 1 in 10#2 in copper refiningUSGS, 2025 (estimated) · 2 800 kt
Rank 2 of the 17 countries with a figure in this USGS table.
- 9.5%about 1 in 10#2 in copper refiningIEA, 2025 · 2 659 kt Cu
Rank 2 of the 6 countries with a figure in this IEA table.
Key facts
- Country code
- COD
- GDP
- $91bn (2025)
- Mineral rents, share of GDP
- 29% (2021)
- Ores and metals, share of goods exports
- 76% (2024)
- Mining area, all commodities
- 426 km² (2019; rank 28 of 144)
- Named in the sources as
- DR Congo; Dem. Rep. of the Congo; Congo (Kinshasa); DRC
Map
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Mine or brine operation
- Processing site
Sites are those in the open sources. A site missing here is missing from the sources, not from the world.
Sites on record · 42
42 of 42 shown
- COMMUSMine
- Deziwa MineMine
- Dikulushi MineMine
- FrontierMine
- Fwaulu MineMine
- G E C A M I N E SMine
- Kabwe PitMine
- Kakalalwe PitMine
- Kakavilondo PitMine
- Kakontwe Limestone QuarryMine
- Kakula MineMine
- Kakula MineMine
- Kansalawile MineMine
- Kansoko MineMine
- Kansoko Mine2Mine
- Katanga Mining ComplexMine
- Katanga Mining Complex (Kamoto)Mine
- Katanga Mining Complex (KOV)Mine
- Katuto PitMine
- Kazinyanga PitMine
- KinsendaMine
- KinsevereMine
- KipoiMine
- Kisanfu MineMine
- KolweziMine
- L'Etoile du Congo MineMine
- Leta PitMine
- LonshiMine
- Mambilima MineMine
- Mashitu MineMine
- Mines individuelles de KamilombeMine
- Mudilandima MineMine
- MutandaMine
- Mwadinkomba East MineMine
- Mwadinkomba West MineMine
- Pumpi MineMine
- RuashiMine
- Shadirandzoro MineMine
- Shimbidi PitMine
- Shinkusu MineMine
- Tenke FungurumeMine
- Tilwezembe MineMine
One entry per site. Where two sources describe the same site, the atlas lists the record of the source it ranks higher.
Country in context
Cobalt: Mine production, 2025 (estimated). All rows come from the same table.
| Country | metric tons | Share of world | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo (Kinshasa)This country | 230 000 | 73.1 % | |
| World totalWorld total as the source gives it | 310 000 | – |
Supply chain
Every figure the sources give for this country, its trade partners per material, and where its sites are.
Production, refining and reserves
The latest year of each series. Share is of the series total: the larger of the source world total and the sum of its rows. Rank counts only the countries that have a number in that series.
| Series | Amount | Share of world | Rank | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobalt: Mine production2025 (estimated) · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 1 of 12 | 230 000 t | 73.1 % | ||
| Cobalt: Mining (IEA)2025 · IEA GCMO 2026 · rank 1 of 6 | 210 kt Co | 65.6 % | ||
| Cobalt: Reserves2025 · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 1 of 12 | 6 000 000 t | 50.0 % | ||
| Copper: Mine production2025 (estimated) · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 2 of 14 | 3 200 kt | 13.9 % | ||
| Copper: Mining (IEA)2025 · IEA GCMO 2026 · rank 2 of 6 | 3 338 kt Cu | 14.4 % | ||
| Copper: Refinery production2025 (estimated) · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 2 of 17 | 2 800 kt | 9.7 % | ||
| Copper: Refining (IEA)2025 · IEA GCMO 2026 · rank 2 of 6 | 2 659 kt Cu | 9.5 % | ||
| Copper: Reserves2025 · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 4 of 14 | 80 000 kt | 8.2 % |
Mines and plants listed without coordinates · 73
The USGS Minerals Yearbook names these operations in Democratic Republic of the Congo with company, place and annual capacity, but gives no coordinates, so they are not on the map. Capacity is not production. Each row is from the chapter year shown.
| Material and product | Kind | Company, as listed | Place, as listed | Annual capacity | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | 28,000e cobalt. (as printed) | 2022 | |||
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | near Kolwezi | 24,000 cobalt. (as printed) | 2022 | ||
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | 8,700e cobalt. (as printed) | 2022 | |||
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | (Chiina Railway Group Ltd., 80.2%) | 2,200e cobalt. (as printed) | 2022 | ||
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Mine—Continued | Mine | (Gécamines) (Government, 100%) | in Haut-Katanga Province | 900e cobalt.1 (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Mine—Continued | Mine | (Kalyan Ltd., 50%, and Shukrana Ltd., 50%) | 3,500e cobalt. (as printed) | 2022 | ||
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | (Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. Ltd., 98%) | 8,700e cobalt. (as printed) | 2022 | ||
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | (Zijin Mining Group Company Ltd., 72%) | 3,000 cobalt. (as printed) | 2022 | ||
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Mine—Continued | Mine | 75%, and Managem S.A., 20%). | 5,000 cobalt. (as printed) | 2022 | ||
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | AG, 75%, and Générale des Carrières et des Mines (Gécamines), 25%] | Mines near Kolwezi | 30,000 cobalt. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | Boss Mining SPRL [Eurasian Resources Group | Mukondo Mountain Mine near | 22,000 copper; (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | Chemaf SPRL (Shalina Resources Ltd., 99.68%) | Etoile Mine near Lubumbashi | 51,500 copper; (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | CNMC Congo | Plant in Haut-Katanga Province | 21,000e copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | CNMC Huachin Mining Mabende (China Nonferrous Mining Corp. Ltd., 67.5%) | Mine at Mabende | 39,000e copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | CNMC-Mabende Metal Leach SPRL (China Nonferrous Mining Corp. Ltd., 65%) | Plant at Lwisha | 32,000e copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Mine—Continued | Mine | Comika Mining SAS (Wanbao Kingco Ltd., 70%) | Mines in Haut-Katanga Province | 4,700e cobalt. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | Congo Dongfang International Mining SPRL2 | Plants in former Katanga Province | 73,000e copper; (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), 100% | Roan Tailings Retreatment project | 120,000 copper; (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), 95% | Frontier Mine in Haut-Katanga Province | 100,000 copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Mine—Continued | Mine | Feza Mining SPRL | do.1 | 1,000e cobalt. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | International Resources Co. Ltd., 75%) | 5,000 cobalt. (as printed) | 2022 | ||
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. | Kakula-Kamoa Copper Complex in Lualaba Province | 350,000e copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | Jinchuan Group International Resources Co. Ltd., 77% | Kinsenda Mine in Haut-Katanga Province | 37,000e copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | Katanga Mining Ltd. [Glencore International | KOV, KTO, and Mashamba East | 300,000 copper; (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | La Compagnie Minière de Musonoie Global SAS | Kolwezi Mine in Lualaba Province | 130,000e copper; (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Mine—Continued | Mine | La Générale des Carrières et des Mines SA | Kamfundwa and Kilamusembu Mines | 20,000e copper; (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Mine—Continued | Mine | La Miniere de Kalukundi (Wanbao Kingco Ltd., | Pumpi Mine in Lualaba Province | 40,000 copper; (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | La Minière de Kalumbwe Myunga (MKM) | Mine near Kolwezi | 29,000e copper; (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Mine—Continued | Mine | La Société pour le Traitement du Terril de | Big Hill tailings treatment plant at | 3,500 copper; (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Mine—Continued | Mine | Lubumbashi (STL) [La Générale des Carrières et des Mines SA (Gécamines), 100%] | Lubumbashi | 5,500 cobalt. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Mine—Continued | Mine | Macrolink Jiayuan Mining SARL (Jiayuan Cobalt Holding Ltd., 99%) | do.1 | 3,800e cobalt. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Mine—Continued | Mine | Metal Mines (Nanjing Hanhui Cobalt Ltd., 100%) | Mines in Haut-Katanga Province | 7,000e cobalt. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Mine—Continued | Mine | Minière de Kasombo (Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. Ltd., 72%) | do.1 | 2,600e cobalt. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | MMG Ltd., 100% | Kinsevere Mine near Kinke | 80,000 copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | Molybdenum Co. Ltd., 80%, and Générale des Carrières et des Mines (Gécamines), 20%] | Province | 25,000e cobalt. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Mine—Continued | Mine | MPC | Mines in former Katanga Province | 2,400e cobalt. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | Mutanda Mining SPRL (Glencore plc, 100%) | Mutanda Mine in Lualaba Province | 200,000 copper; (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | plc, 51%, and Générale des Carrières et des Mines SA (Gécamines), 49%] | Kakanda | 3,600 cobalt. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | Ruashi Mining SPRL (Jinchuan Group | Ruashi Mine near Lubumbashi | 38,000 copper; (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Mine—Continued | Mine | Shituru Mining Corp. SPRL (Pengxin Group, 72.5%) | Mines in Haut-Katanga Province | 40,000e copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | Sicomines [China Railway Group Ltd. and | Mashamba West Mine in Lualaba | 254,000 copper; (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | Sinohydro Corp., 68%; La Générale des Carrières et des Mines SA (Gecamines), 20%; and Société Immobilière du Congo (SIMCO), 12%] | Province | 5,180 cobalt. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Mine—Continued | Mine | Société Minière du Katanga SPRL (Somika) | Mine near Lubumbashi | 20,000e copper; (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | Somidez Co. Ltd. [China Nonferrous Metals Corp. (CNMC), 51%, and La Générale des Carrières Carrières et des Mines SA (Gécamines), 49%] | Deziwa Mine in Lualaba Province | 80,000 copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt > Mine | Mine | Tenke Fungurume Mining SARL [China | Tenke Fungurume Mine in Lualaba | 314,000 copper; (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Refined | Plant | Boss Mining SPRL [Eurasian Resources Group plc, 51%, and Générale des Carrières et des Mines SA (Gécamines), 49%] | Luita plant near Kakanda | 40,000 copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Refined | Plant | Chemaf SPRL (Shalina Resources Ltd., 99.68%) | Usoke plant in Lubumbashi | 51,500 copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Refined | Plant | CNMC Congo | Plant in Haut-Katanga Province | 21,000e copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Refined | Plant | CNMC Huachin Mining Mabende (China Nonferrous Mining Corp. Ltd., 67.5%) | Plant at Mabende | 38,000e copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Refined | Plant | CNMC-Mabende Metal Leach SPRL (China Nonferrous Mining Corp. Ltd., 65%) | Plant at Lwisha | 26,000e copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Refined—Continued | Plant | Compagnie Minière de Luisha (COMILU) | Plant near Kolwezi | 31,000e copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Refined—Continued | Plant | Congo International Mining Corp. (China Railway Group Ltd., 51%,) | Plant in former Katanga Province | 30,000 copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Refined | Plant | Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), 100% | Roan Tailings Retreatment plant | 120,000 copper (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Refined | Plant | Kai Peng Mining Ltd., 100% | Plant at Likasi | 33,000e copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Refined | Plant | Katanga Mining Ltd. [Glencore International AG, 75%, and Générale des Carrières et des Mines (Gécamines), 25%] | Luilu plant near Kolwezi | 300,000 copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Refined—Continued | Plant | La Générale des Carrières et des Mines SA (Gécamines) (Government, 100%) | Shituru plant near Likasi | 21,600 copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Refined—Continued | Plant | La Générale des Carrières et des Mines SA (Gécamines) (Government, 100%) | Fonderie Electrique de Panda cobalt plant1 | 1,200 cobalt. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Refined | Plant | La Minière de Kalumbwe Myunga (MKM) (China Railway Group Ltd., 80.2%) | Plant near Kolwezi | 29,000e copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Refined | Plant | MMG Ltd., 100% | Kinsevere plant near Kinke | 80,000e copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Refined | Plant | Mutanda Mining SPRL (Glencore plc, 100%) | Plant near Mutanda Mine | 200,000 copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Refined | Plant | Ruashi Mining SPRL (Jinchuan Group International Resources Co. Ltd., 75%) | Ruashi plant near Lubumbashi | 38,000 copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Refined | Plant | Shituru Mining Corp. SPRL (Pengxin Group, 72.5%) | Plant in Haut-Katanga Province | 40,000e copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Refined | Plant | Sicomines [China Railway Group Ltd. and Sinohydro Corp., 68%; La Générale des Carrières et des Mines SA (Gécamines), 20%; and Société Immobilière du Congo (SIMCO), 12%] | Plant near Mashamba West Mine | 254,000 copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Refined—Continued | Plant | Société Minière du Katanga SPRL (Somika) (Kalyan Ltd., 50%, and Shukrana Ltd., 50%) | Plant near Lubumbashi | 20,000e copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Refined | Plant | Somidez Co. Ltd. [China Nonferrous Metals Corp. (CNMC), 51%, and La Générale des Carrières Carrières et des Mines SA (Gécamines), 49%] | Deziwa Mine in Lualaba Province | 80,000 copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Refined | Plant | Tenke Fungurume Mining SARL [China Molybdenum Co. Ltd., 80%, and Générale des Carrières et des Mines (Gécamines), 20%] | Plant near Tenke Fungurume Mine | 314,000 copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Smelted | Not specified | China Nonferrous Metals Corp. | Plant in Lualaba Province | 100,000 copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Smelted | Not specified | La Compagnie Minière de Musonoie Global SAS (Zijin Mining Group Company Ltd., 72%) | Plant in former Katanga Province | 34,000e copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| Cobalt, CopperCopper and cobalt—Continued > Smelted | Not specified | Rubamin SPRL (Rubamin FZC, 80%) | Plant in Likasi | 25,000 copper. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| GermaniumGermanium | Not specified | La Société pour le Traitement du Terril de Lubumbashi (STL) [La Générale des Carrières et des Mines SA (Gécamines), 100%] | Big Hill tailings treatment plant at Lubumbashi | 20,000. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| TungstenTungsten | Not specified | Artisanal and small-scale miners | Mines in Sud-Kivu Province | 240e wolframite. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| TungstenTungsten | Not specified | Artisanal and small-scale miners | Mines in Maniema Province | 110e wolframite. (as printed) | 2022 | |
| TungstenTungsten | Not specified | Artisanal and small-scale miners | Mines in Nord-Kivu Province | 90e wolframite. (as printed) | 2022 |
Trade partners
3 recorded flows, 2024
- Recorded trade flow; a thicker line is a larger value
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lines join the middle of each country. They are not shipping routes.
Reconciled customs data (CEPII BACI), by value. The data holds only the largest flows of each material, so this is not the country’s full trade.
42 sites, deposits and projects on record are listed with the map in the Overview →
Money
What the trade data and the World Bank record in money terms. Every value is a reported figure with its own year.
All recorded trade flows of 2024 under the customs codes that isolate one of the ten materials, by value (CEPII BACI, reconciled estimates, current US dollars). Codes that mix several materials are left out, so trade in those materials is understated; gallium and germanium have no usable code at all. Each material lists its five largest partners. Why trade data blurs some materials
Exports of the ten materials
$27bnin 2024, with 33 partner countries
Copper$23bn
China $17bn · Republic of Korea $938M · Saudi Arabia $858M · Spain $696M · Egypt $653M · 25 more
Cobalt$3.3bn
China $3bn · Namibia $142M · Zambia $67M · Republic of Korea $28M · Other Asia, nes $25M · 6 more
Nickel$8.6M
Tungsten$1.8M
China $1.8M
Graphite$1
South Africa $1
Imports of the ten materials
$256,916in 2024, with 4 partner countries
Graphite$169,461
South Africa $169,122 · Brazil $339
Nickel$38,846
South Africa $38,846
Copper$25,401
Tanzania $21,683 · South Africa $3,644 · Kenya $74
Cobalt$21,226
South Africa $21,226
Rare earths$1,625
South Africa $1,625
Antimony$331
South Africa $331
Tungsten$26
South Africa $26
The economy around mining
World Bank indicators. Each has its own latest year, shown next to the value; mineral rents are often several years old.
GDP (current US$)
$91bn
Year 2025
Mineral rents (% of GDP)
29%
Year 2021
Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)
76%
Year 2024
Government revenue from extractives
EITI, reportedWhat government agencies reported receiving from extractive companies, per fiscal year, as the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) publishes it in US dollars. A total covers every sector the country's report covers and is not split by mineral.
$3.9bnlatest reported fiscal year, 2021
Sectors in the report: mining, oil · Period: 2021-01-01 – 2021-12-31
All 14 reported years
| Fiscal year | Government revenue (US$) | Sectors in the report | Country file | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20212021-01-01 – 2021-12-31 | 3 945 092 425 | mining, oil | summary file | |
| 20202020-01-01 – 2020-12-31 | 2 030 079 340 | mining, oil | summary file | |
| 20192019-01-01 – 2019-12-31 | 2 749 392 602 | mining, oil | summary file | |
| 20172017-01-01 – 2017-12-31 | 1 682 445 074 | mining, oil | summary file | |
| 20162016-01-01 – 2016-12-31 | 1 145 298 644 | mining, oil | — | |
| 20152015-01-01 – 2015-12-31 | 2 001 672 806 | mining, oil | — | |
| 20142014-01-01 – 2014-12-31 | 1 667 890 285 | mining, oil, gas | — | |
| 20132013-01-01 – 2013-12-31 | 1 334 643 213 | mining, oil, gas | — | |
| 20122012-01-01 – 2012-12-31 | 1 533 429 867 | mining, oil, gas | — | |
| 20112011-01-01 – 2011-12-31 | 1 358 116 355 | mining, oil, gas | — | |
| 20102010-01-01 – 2010-12-31 | 811 962 999 | mining, oil, gas | — | |
| 20092009-01-01 – 2009-12-31 | 231 672 014 | mining, oil, gas | — | |
| 20082008-01-01 – 2008-12-31 | 497 737 552 | mining | — | |
| 20072007-01-01 – 2007-12-31 | 419 265 000 | mining, oil, gas | — |
EITI reports lag by two to four years. The figure is the report's own total and is not adjusted for inflation. Republished under EITI's Content Use Policy with credit to the EITI International Secretariat, eiti.org. These figures are kept in a file of their own and are not part of the atlas's ODbL data. EITI open data
Investment pipeline
announced figuresPlanned and under-construction projects in Democratic Republic of the Congo with a publicly announced capital cost, public financial backing, or both. Each line is one statement by the named publisher on the given date; the atlas adds nothing to it.
No data yet. The atlas has read no announcement of this kind for a project in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The list is short and hand-read; a missing project is missing from the list, not from the world.
A short, hand-read list, not a census: 19 projects in all. Announced amounts are not spending, a letter of interest or a conditional commitment is not a loan, and amounts stay in the currency of the announcement.
Public support instruments
Stockpiles, price floors, offtake and purchasing programmes and public funds of Democratic Republic of the Congo's government, as dated policy events of the type "public support". Each is one statement by its publisher.
No data yet. The atlas has read no public support instrument of Democratic Republic of the Congo's government. The list is short and hand-read.
Mining companies headquartered here · 4
Companies that Wikidata places in the mining industry with headquarters in Democratic Republic of the Congo, for every commodity, not only the ten materials. Wikidata is edited by volunteers: entries may be missing or out of date, and each name links to its item. A listing names an exchange and a ticker; it is not a price.
| Company | Headquarters | Stock listing | LEI | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afrimines Resources | Watsa | — | — | |
| Gécaminesnamed at 18 sites or listed plants, itself or through a subsidiary | Lubumbashi | — | — | |
| Maniema Mining Corporation | Lubumbashi | — | — | |
| Tremalt | Democratic Republic of the Congo | — | — |
These figures are informational, not financial advice.
Sustainability
Four indicators, the same on every profile. Each is a figure with its unit, year and source, or a plain statement that there is none.
Carbon
Emissions intensity of the country's electricity grid.
28gCO2e/kWh
Higher than 4% of the other 208 countries with a grid figure.
- It describes the national grid, not mining or refining. Sites may run on their own power.
Water
Share of the country's mine sites on record that lie in high or extremely high baseline water stress.
0%of mine sites on record
No world percentile: the number of sites on record differs too much between countries to compare them.
- 0 of 42 sites with a class (42 mine and brine sites on record).
- Counted by site, not by tonnage: it is not a share of production.
- "Arid and Low Water Use" is a class of its own in the source and is not counted as high.
Land
Land visibly used by mining in the country, every commodity together.
426km²
Higher than 81% of the other 143 countries with a mapped mining area.
- Rank 28 of 144 countries by area.
- Mapped from satellite images for all mining in a country. It cannot be attributed to one material or one site.
Circularity
Recycling's share of demand.
Not available per country: recycling rates in the atlas are published per material, for the EU as a whole.
There is no overall score: the four figures measure different things and are not added up. How to read these figures
Risks & policy
Export controls in force
Compiled by USGS, effective January 2026. Not a live feed.
Export quota: Cobalt (2025).
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Chokepoints at sea
The atlas has no record of which minerals pass through which sea passage, so no chokepoint figure is attached to this profile. Current ship counts for the main passages are on the Live page. Open the Live page
Gaps
What the atlas is missing for Democratic Republic of the Congo
Computed from the data. Each line names a record that exists and one that does not. It marks missing data, not missing industry.
- Listed as a copper refiner (9.7% of world output; Refinery production, 2025), but no processing plant is on record.
- Trade is partial by design: the atlas holds only each material's largest flows. 8 of them name this country.
Sources
Every source this profile uses, with its licence, the years its figures describe and how sure the figures are. Each chip on the profile opens the single record.
- USGS Minerals Yearbook, Vol. III ↗73 records used
- Licence
- Public domain (U.S. Government work)
- As of
- 2022
- Confidence
- Reported
- OpenStreetMap (Overpass) ↗30 records used
- Licence
- ODbL-1.0
- As of
- 2026
- Confidence
- Estimated
- USGS MCS 2026 ↗21 records used
- Licence
- CC0-1.0
- As of
- 2025–2026
- Confidence
- Reported · Estimated
- WU Vienna mine database v1.0.3 ↗12 records used
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- As of
- 2022
- Confidence
- Reported
- CEPII BACI 202601 ↗10 records used
- Licence
- Etalab Open Licence 2.0
- As of
- 2024
- Confidence
- Estimated
- IEA GCMO 2026 ↗3 records used
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- As of
- 2025
- Confidence
- Reported
- World Bank WDI ↗3 records used
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- As of
- 2021–2025
- Confidence
- Reported
- Ember Yearly Electricity Data ↗1 record used
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- As of
- 2024
- Confidence
- Reported
- Maus et al. 2022 (mining areas v2) ↗1 record used
- Licence
- CC-BY-SA-4.0
- As of
- 2019
- Confidence
- Estimated
- Wikidata ↗1 record used
- Licence
- CC0-1.0
- As of
- 2026
- Confidence
- Inferred, needs review
- WRI Aqueduct 4.0 ↗1 record used
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- As of
- 2023
- Confidence
- Estimated
The mining-area figure comes from a share-alike source (CC-BY-SA-4.0). It is kept in its own file under that licence, apart from the rest of the atlas's data.
History & talk
Revision history and discussion are coming soon.
Every change to a figure will be listed here with its source, its credit and its review, and each profile will have a place to discuss it. Until then the data changes only when a source is updated, and every figure links to that source.
What we don't know yet
No open source we may use gives these figures. Nothing is estimated to fill them. If you know a public source, add it.
- Import dependence: no open per-country series is loaded yet.Add data: Import dependence: no open per-country series is loaded yet.
- Recycling rates: Eurostat publishes them for the EU as a whole, not for one country.Add data: Recycling rates: Eurostat publishes them for the EU as a whole, not for one country.