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On the margins of the 2024 IMF/WB Fall Meetings, Gecamines’ chairman, Guy-Robert Lukama, delivered a keynote address at the Atlantic Council’s event on investment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “We must focus our efforts on creating a scenario where the mining sector becomes a profitable catalyst for other economic sectors. Wealth creation, job creation, advancing peace, security, stability and development - these are the primary interests that should drive public and private investment priorities in the Congo.” See our Chairman's full remarks from his speech to the Atlantic Council below. https://lnkd.in/dJ-q6iud Watch the full event here: https://lnkd.in/dMGnMNe7 Atlantic Council Africa Center

Greetings from Gécamines! I am Guy-Robert, the Chairman of Gécamines, and I wish to introduce you to my inaugural “A Message From Chairman Guy-Robert Lukama”. Through this monthly communication, I will share Gécamines’ updates and announcements. There will also be periodic updates on the important role the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is playing in critical minerals supply and how we can harness our rich natural resources to build a clean energy industrial future that benefits all. Read more about our key engagements with Société du Terril de Lubumbashi (STL), UNGA: https://lnkd.in/d4_9QEEd, Atlantic Council: https://lnkd.in/d_pP-Bq, USAID: https://lnkd.in/e_6458n, and U.S. Development Finance Corporation: https://lnkd.in/deu2xuG as well as our strategic takeaways in our latest “A Message From The Chairman”. https://lnkd.in/dVs-eN2U

STL Makes History With Its First Germanium Concentrates Export From DRC Lubumbashi, October 14, 2024 – This week, for the first time in the history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a Congolese company, the Société du Terril de Lubumbashi (STL), a 100% subsidiary of Gécamines, will export a shipment of germanium concentrates that were locally transformed from the tailings at Big Hill in Lubumbashi. This first batch is part of a gradual ramp-up of germanium that is treated inside the DRC and will be shipped to Umicore in Belgium for further processing and use in high-tech applications. Previously, STL’s germanium entered the market through third-party refiners outside of DRC but are now processed by STL’s new hydrometallurgical plant. STL’s recycled germanium, a strategic metal used in space, aeronautical, and optical technologies, is expected to represent a significant global supply source. Read More 👇 https://lnkd.in/eXJH7GeH