ARSP orders Sicomines to end contracts with ineligible subcontractors
The regulator directed the copper-and-cobalt joint venture to stop awarding or renewing contracts to listed ineligible firms and terminate existing ones until they regularize.
- Publish date: 2026-10-01
- Category: Mining & Minerals
- Original source: Agence Congolaise de Presse (ACP)
- Reading time: 1 min
Order applies to listed firms
ACP reported on 1 October that the Subcontracting Regulatory Authority instructed Sicomines to stop awarding, renewing or extending subcontracting contracts to firms named in an attached list. The decision covers the company’s operations in Lualaba province.
Agence Congolaise de Presse (ACP)
Current agreements must be addressed
The directive also requires the company to end existing contracts with the listed suppliers and remove them from its subcontractor register until they regularize their status with the authority.