LUNA SMELTER: 2025 – A YEAR OF CONTINUITY, TRUST & GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT
As we wrap up 2025, we look back on a year defined by responsibility, collaboration, and meaningful impact across our operations, supply chains, and communities.
As we wrap up 2025, we look back on a year defined by responsibility, collaboration, and meaningful impact across our operations, supply chains, and communities.
🔹 Certifications & Governance
✔ Maintained RMAP Conformant Smelter status, reinforcing our long-term commitment to responsible sourcing, alongside ISO certifications
✔ Successfully completed the first external LuNa Chain of Custody (CoC) Audit, strengthening transparency and traceability
🔹 Research, Innovation & Green Production
✔ Completed key components of the EPRM-funded TinLink Project, delivering training programs in Uganda and Rwanda to strengthen responsible and transparent supply chains
✔ Continued implementation of innovation-driven and green production practices
✔ Hosted students from Camborne School of Mines and the University of Exeter, supporting knowledge exchange and future talent development
🔹 Community, People & Culture
✔ Delivered CSR donations supporting local communities, including active participation in Kwibuka 31, with targeted support to genocide survivors
✔ Celebrated our people through Mother’s Day and employee birthday events, and closed the year with a festive End-of-the-Year Holiday Party that brought our teams together to celebrate shared achievements and look ahead with optimism—reinforcing a strong, inclusive workplace culture
🔹 Global Presence & Industry Engagement
✔ Active participation in key international forums: Mining Indaba, EPRM, RMI, LME, OECD, Paris Peace Forum, Future Minerals Forum, and TIC conferences
✔ Proud member of TIC – Tantalum and Niobium International Study Center and ATTA – American Tin Trading Association
✔ Hosted numerous European and Rwandan delegations
✔ Strengthened collaboration with the Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board (RMB) and the Rwanda Development Board (RDB)
✔ Celebrated the opening of the Polish Embassy, marking an important milestone in Polish–Rwandan cooperation
🔹LuNa Mining
✔ Actively participated in Kwibuka 31, supporting genocide survivors through targeted community donations
✔ Upgraded underground infrastructure, including new hoisting winches and a jaw crusher, improving safety and production efficiency
✔ Advanced the Local Enterprise Development (LED) strategy, sourcing workwear and security uniforms locally
✔ Strengthened site security and safety systems, including the establishment of a SHEC Committee and emergency response training
✔ Progressed key site infrastructure projects, including power grid connection, employee facilities, and circular use of mine waste in construction
✨ Thank You
To our employees, partners, institutions, and communities—thank you for your trust, dedication, and collaboration throughout 2025. Together, we continue to build a responsible, transparent, and future-ready mining and smelting industry.
🚀 Looking ahead to 2026
2026 will be a year of growth and opportunity, with a strong focus on:
✔ Expansion towards increased operational capacity
✔ Implementation of new R&D projects driving innovation and efficiency
✔ Exploring new opportunities across markets, partnerships, and sustainable supply chains