"Engineer Lu, help me record the dimension data!" "Engineer Ma, this dimension doesn’t seem accurate. Shall we measure it again?" On the early morning of August 23rd, at a mining area in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Engineer Ma and I started our first day of surveying and mapping work at this mine. Each of us had a laptop, surveying and mapping tools, notebooks, pens, and other stationery in our backpacks. "Among the two semi-autogenous grinding mills and two ball mills in this mine these days, one semi-autogenous grinding mill and one ball mill are in the shutdown maintenance phase, which is just convenient for our surveying and mapping work," Engineer Ma and I communicated with each other while working.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC for short) is located in central Africa. Endowed with abundant natural resources and a large population, it is the second-largest country in Africa by land area and the fourth-most populous one on the continent. Known as the "World Raw Material Warehouse," the DRC is home to a wealth of non-ferrous metals, rare metals, and non-metallic minerals, including copper, cobalt, industrial diamonds, zinc, manganese, tin, tantalum, germanium, tungsten, cadmium, nickel, and chromium. The reserves of these minerals hold significant positions globally. In addition, it also has considerable reserves of mineral resources such as iron, coal, gold, and silver, along with other minerals like platinum, lead, phosphate, and silicate. Therefore, the DRC market is poised to become a crucial growth driver for CITIC IC in the future. In 2024, CITIC IC’ s product successfully entered the DRC market and has been working to deepen its presence there, aiming to make its brand known to more mines in the country and enable these mines to use its products.
This business trip of two CITIC IC employees to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to conduct on-site product surveying and mapping at the customer’s mining area is not only one of the main objectives of this visit, but also a microcosm of Zhongshi Heavy Machinery’s efforts to explore the overseas market.

After completing the on-site surveying and mapping, Engineer Ma and Engineer Lu also borrowed the relevant drawings of the surveyed products from the mining area's technical department. They then communicated with the technical director of the mining area to understand the product usage, on-site working conditions, and after-sales status, while also introducing Zhongshi Heavy Machinery to the director.

For a long time, CITIC IC has been committed to providing overseas customers with high-quality complete sets of mining grinding products. Based on the diverse product demands and different operating characteristics across global markets, the company has designed and developed product series in a targeted manner, building a range of products with market competitiveness.