Glencore accounts for the majority of the contracts concerned
The most significant decision concerns Kamoto Copper Company (KCC) and Mutanda Mining (MUMI), two subsidiaries of the Glencore group. According to the elements examined by ARSP, KCC had communicated a list of 1,427 suppliers and subcontractors, of which 955 would not meet the eligibility conditions provided for by subcontracting legislation.
At MUMI, out of 1,133 declared suppliers, 585 are considered ineligible. The two companies thus total 1,540 contracts concerned, for markets awarded between 2020 and 2025.
ERG and Ivanhoe also concerned
ARSP’s offensive extends to other major operators. At Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), the controls notably cover Frontier SA, Boss Mining and Metalkol. The Authority counts 128 ineligible suppliers for the 2023 to 2025 financial years.
The Ivanhoe group is also targeted through Kipushi Corporation (KICO), Ivanhoe Mines Services and Ivanhoe Mines DRC. For the 2025 financial year, 140 companies are identified as not meeting the required conditions.
Other companies, including Kai Peng Mining and the Compagnie minière de Lwisha (Comilu), are concerned. They have 12 and 10 ineligible subcontractors respectively. Sicomines, for its part, has been ordered to end contractual relations with six subcontractors.
Local content at the heart of the mechanism
ARSP’s decisions are based on Law No. 17/001 of 8 February 2017 on subcontracting, as amended and supplemented by Law No. 26/017 of 30 June 2026.
The mining companies concerned must in particular terminate the contracts concerned, remove the subcontractors concerned from their files and present, within 30 days, a detailed corrective plan setting out the measures and the timetable for regularization.
ARSP also announces follow-up controls. In the event of non-execution, the companies concerned are exposed to the penalties provided for by legislation.
This series of decisions marks a new stage in the application of local content rules in the Congolese mining sector. After several other operators already controlled in recent years, the Authority now intends to strengthen access for eligible companies to the mining value chain.
Héritier Maila / Africa News
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