US officials encouraged state miner Gécamines to review sale to a subsidiary of Chinese defence company Norinco
The US has intervened in the sale of a Congolese copper mine to a Chinese arms manufacturer in an effort to prevent Beijing from further increasing its control of critical minerals, according to people familiar with the matter. US officials encouraged the Democratic Republic of Congo’s state-owned miner Gécamines to review the sale, announced last week, of Trafigura-backed Chemaf Resources to Norin Mining, a subsidiary of China’s state-owned defence company Norinco, the people said.
A person close to Gécamines, who asked not be identified, said the company was acting to protect its contractual rights and assess the best options for the development of the project. Under Lukama, Gécamines wants to market more of the ore produced on its concessions and to mine more areas itself. Norinco describes itself on its website as “the main supplier of Chinese Army weaponry and equipment” and a “leader of international co-operation in China’s defence industry”.
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