Somika SPRL was registered in December 2001 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It has established state-of-the-art industrial mines and manufacturing facilities, including a cobalt processing plant with a current capacity of 275MT of cobalt cathode per month. Somika also produces over 12,500MT of copper per year and plans to increase production capacity significantly by 2014. The company complies with international provenance standards for minerals. Somika is committed to social responsibility and being a good corporate citizen in the communities where it operates.