Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) S.à r.l. is a large mining and raw materials supplier with operations in Kazakhstan, Brazil and Central Africa. In its current form, the company began in December 2013 after it acquired the Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (previously a public limited company), which was delisted from the London Stock Exchange and Kazakhstan Stock Exchange.[6] Major shareholders of the company include the Republic of Kazakhstan (40%) and the "trio" of Kazakh oligarchs Alexander Mashkevitch, Alijan Ibragimov, and Patokh Chodiev.[7]
| Company type | Société à responsabilité limitée |
|---|---|
| Industry | Metals and Mining |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Benedikt Sobotka (CEO)[1][2] Alexander Mashkevich (chair)[3] |
| Products | 2017 Sales Data: Ferroalloys (1.5 million tonnes) Iron ore products (10.4 million tonnes) Alumina (1.0 million tonnes) Aluminium (247 thousand tonnes) Copper (141 thousand tonnes) Cobalt (3.0 thousand tonnes) Steam coal (13.7 million tonnes) Electricity (production - 14.6 GWh).[4][5] |
Number of employees | More than 69,000, and over 85,000 including contractors (2018) [5] |
| Divisions | Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Central African Mining and Exploration Company Camrose Resources |
| Website | www |
History edit
The Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) was taken private in 2013 amid falling share price and ongoing investigation from the UK Serious Fraud Office. In August 2023, after latest review of the investigation, the UK Serious Fraud Office concluded that it has insufficient admissible evidence to prosecute, and closed the case. [8]
At the beginning of 2014 the company restructured,[9] introducing new corporate governance and compliance policies and new management.[5] Projects included cobalt mining in Africa and an expanded aluminum plant in Kazakhstan.[10]
Alexander Machkevitch is Chairman of the Board of Managers of Eurasian Resources Group and Mr Benedikt Sobotka is Chief Executive Officer.[11][12]
Operations edit
Eurasian Resources Group owns fully integrated mining, processing, energy production, logistics and marketing operations.[13] With a product portfolio in steelmaking materials, non-ferrous and energy,[5] it is the world's largest producer of Ferrochrome by chrome content.[14][15] ERG supplies electricity in Central Asia, also being a large railway operator in the region.
In Kazakhstan, the group's major assets include: TNC Kazchrome, Sokolov Sarbai Mining Production Association (SSGPO), Aluminum of Kazakhstan (AOK), Kazakhstan Aluminum Smelter (KAS), Eurasian Energy Corporation (EEC), Shubarkol Komir and Trans Com.[5]
In Africa, ERG owns production and development stage assets in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique and Mali.[16]
In Brazil it develops the Piedra de Ferro iron ore production complex and the Porto Sul deep water port, both of which are in the State of Bahia.[5]
Since 2014 the Group sold assets worth about US$1 billion, including zinc mines to Glencore.[9]
References edit
- ^ "CORRECTED-UK's SFO issues arrest warrant for Kazakh miner Eurasian Resources CEO". Reuters. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "UK court withdraws arrest warrant for Kazakh miner Eurasian Resources CEO". Reuters. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "President Tokayev Focuses on Economic Diversification, Greener Economy at Foreign Investors' Council". The Astana Times. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ "ERG Key Figures". Eurasian Resources Group. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f "ERG webpage". Eurasian Resources Group. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ^ Goodley, Simon (22 November 2013). "Curious tale of the central Asian oligarchs and the City of London". the Guardian. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ Ferreira-Marques, Clara (24 June 2013). "Top shareholder backs ENRC's $4.7 billion buyout by founders". U.S. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "ENRC Ltd | SFO investigation status [case closed due to insufficient admissible evidence]". SFO | Official website. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ a b "ERG taps China for more than $2.5bn of new project financing". Financial Times. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ He Wei (25 March 2017). "ERG: Chinese companies critical to several projects - Business". Chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "Luxembourg Economic Mission to China". Luxembourg Economic Mission to China. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ "World Economic Forum". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ "Aluminium of Kazakhstan boosts investment in expansion projects 10% in 2016". Interfax. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ "RFCA Ratings. Mining and Metals Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan 2015" (PDF). RFCA Ratings. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ "World Economic Forum. Eurasian Resources Group". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ Oliveira, David. "Africa central to future growth". Mining Weekly (Creamer Media). Archived from the original on 20 December 2016.