Union Minière en Gécamines genoemd tussen 27 mineraal-giganten (grondstoffen)

May 24 1997 (EIRNS)--TWENTY-SEVEN RAW MATERIALS COMPANIES, MOST REPRESENTING THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH raw materials cartel, dominate between 80 and 90% of all African metal and mineral output and refining. This excludes energy generation. The table below provides the list.



AMAX, U.S.A.
America Mineral Fields,* Canada
Anglo American, South Africa
Anglovaal, South Africa
Ashanti Mines, Ghana
Banro International,* Canada
Barrick Gold, Canada
Broken Hill Proprietary, Australia
BRPM and OCP, state companies, Morocco
Consolidated Goldfields, South Africa
Debswana and BCL, state companies, Botswana
Delta Gold,* Australia
Gécamines, state company, Zaire/Congo/COD
Gencor, South Africa
Inco, Canada
International Panorama,* Canada and British Cayman Islands
Iskor, South Africa
JCI, South Africa
Lonrho, England
Phelps Dodge, U.S.A.
Rio Tinto Zinc, England
Rembrandt Group, South Africa
Royal Dutch Shell (minerals), England & Netherlands
SOMINKI, Kivu province company, Zaire
Tenke Company* (formerly Consolidated Eurocan), Canada
Union Miniere, Belgium
ZCCM/Zimco, state company, Zambia

* denotes a junior company



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