Zijin Mining Group
A Chinese multinational mining company listed in Hong Kong and Shanghai, among the world's largest producers of copper and gold, with an expanding portfolio of mines across Latin America and Africa.
Covered in 3 MetalsCost.com News Intelligence articles, most recently on September 30, 2026.
Coverage
Congo Will Audit Its Biggest Miners Every Year From 2027 to Enforce Local Content Rules
The Democratic Republic of Congo will audit major mining companies every year from 2027 to check how much work they give to Congolese-owned firms. The world's top cobalt producer is tightening rules on the foreign miners that dominate its industry.
China Refines 90% of the World's Rare Earths, and Latin America Is Caught in the Middle
China refines about 90% of the world's rare earths and has poured over $20 billion into Peru's mines alone, leaving Latin America exposed even as it holds vast mineral reserves of its own.
Zijin Mining Warns Congo Flooding Could Cut Its Copper Output by 57,000 Tonnes This Year
The shortfall at Kamoa-Kakula directly threatens Zijin's own 2026 corporate target of 1.2 million tonnes of mined copper across its combined operations.
