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Predominant Canadian corporate presence. In mid-2012, the business database
Datamonitor 360 (formerly
MarketLine Business Information Centre) identified twenty-five international mining companies as being active in the D.R. Congo, including a plurality of nine Canadian-domiciled mining companies (
African Metals Corporation,
Africo Resources, Banro Corp., Delrand Resources - formerly BRC DiamondCore Ltd., El Niņo Ventures Inc.,
First Quantum Minerals,
Lundin Mining Corp., as well as
Anvil Mining, misidentified as Australian, and
Katanga Mining, misidentified as British); by comparison, five were registered in
Australia (
BHP Billiton, Erongo Energy, Green Machine Development Corporation, Mawson West Ltd.,
Tiger Resources), three from
South Africa (
African Rainbow Minerals,
AngloGold Ashanti, Chrometco Ltd.), three in the
United Kingdom (
Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation,
Mwana Africa,
Randgold Resources), and one each from
China (CIC Mining Resources Ltd., with Japanese Eco Energy Group's African subsidiary, Eco Project Company Ltd.),
India (
Jindal Steel & Power),
Malaysia (Malaysia Smelting Corporation Berhad),
Morocco (Managem SA) and the
United States (
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold).
[7] In 2011, the Congolese operations of two major companies, AngloGold Ashanti,
[8][9] and BHP Billiton
[10] were only in the exploration phase, whereas Canada had four companies undertaking large-scale commercial extraction for several years or more: Anvil Mining,
[11] First Quantum Minerals,
[12] Katanga Mining
[13] and Lundin Mining.
[14]