Sustainability & communities
Raw ore leaves once. Processed value can leave twice as far.
Value that currently leaves Kenya as raw ore should be captured, processed, and retained closer to source — that argument sits behind every stage of INFO MEMA’s roadmap, starting with how ore is sourced.
Formalising artisanal mining
INFO MEMA buys from licensed artisanal-mining cooperatives around Kitui, rather than sourcing informally or displacing existing miners. That purchasing relationship brings informal ore production into a documented, traceable supply chain — an aggregation model built around the communities already working the ground, not around replacing them.
Why beneficiation matters here
Kenyan copper is aggregated and sold as raw ore today, with most of its value captured wherever it is finally processed — not in Kenya. Beneficiation at Kitui, once built, is the mechanism that keeps a larger share of that value in-country: the same ore, processed one stage further before it leaves, rather than exported unprocessed. This is the strategic rationale for the plant, stated as a plan the company is building toward, not a claim that it is already operating.
Kitui, specifically
Land use, consent, and environmental review at the Kitui site run through Kenya’s Community Land Act process and a NEMA environmental review that includes public participation with the Kitui community — engaged in parallel with construction planning, not left until after. Full status is on the Governance & Compliance page.
What this is not
This page does not claim a completed community-development programme, a signed offtake agreement, or a finished resource estimate. Every status above is stated at the stage it is actually at, consistent with the company’s Kitui Project status page.