// ABOUT US
We Are Building Africa's Copper Future
CBA Metals is an integrated copper processing platform in development designed from the ground up to serve Nigeria’s industrial demand, close a critical import gap, and create lasting value across the African continent.
A Platform Built
on Conviction
CBA Metals was founded on a single conviction: that Africa’s commodity wealth should be processed on African soil, creating African jobs, generating African foreign exchange, and building African industrial capacity.
Nigeria is the continent’s largest economy. It has the demand, the infrastructure foundations, the policy momentum, and the strategic geography to anchor a world-class copper processing operation. What it has lacked is the platform to make it happen.
CBA Metals is that platform.
We are not a mining exploration company. We are not a commodity trader. We are developing an integrated copper processing business, from upstream ore sourcing through midstream smelting and refining to downstream distribution of LME-grade copper cathodes, built to operate at scale, meet international standards, and serve both domestic and global markets.
Global copper deficit
projected by 2030
Nigeria's population
projected by 2030
Become a dominant integrated
Copper Refinery hub
What We STAND For
OUR MISSION
To develop and operate a world-class integrated copper processing platform that closes Nigeria’s refined copper import gap, creates industrial value at scale, and contributes to the long-term economic transformation of West Africa.
OUR VISION
To become West Africa’s leading copper processing company, a sovereign-scale industrial platform that is internationally competitive, nationally strategic, and built to last generations.
Nigeria Buys Copper It Should Be Refining
Every year, Nigeria spends billions importing refined copper while having the demand, geography, and policy environment to refine it domestically.
None of that copper is refined in Nigeria.
- Smelted and refined in Europe, Asia, and the Americas
- Shipped across oceans and sold back at full international commodity prices
- Paid for in foreign currency — no value retained domestically
- Nigeria's economy loses the resource and the import cost
How Nigeria Loses Value Today
Nigeria has the resource base, but not the domestic refining infrastructure. The result is a cycle of exported raw value and imported finished cost.
Nigeria's Copper Resources
- Ore exists across Nigeria and the wider region
- No domestic processing infrastructure
- Raw ore exported before value is added
Refined Overseas
- Smelted in Europe, Asia, and the Americas
- Jobs and expertise created elsewhere
- Economic multipliers lost abroad
Imported Back to Nigeria
- Sold at full international commodity prices
- Paid for in foreign currency
- Nigeria pays twice and retains little value
The Import Gap
Billions Leaving the Economy Every Year
Nigeria imports billions in refined copper annually — for power infrastructure, construction, and manufacturing — with every dollar leaving in foreign exchange.
The Real Issue
This Is Not a Resource Problem
The ore exists. The demand exists. What is missing is the processing infrastructure — and that is exactly the gap CBA Metals was built to close.
"Not a resource problem. An infrastructure problem."
The Thesis
Every Tonne Refined Here Stays Here
Domestic refining means retained FX, retained jobs, and retained value — every tonne processed in Nigeria is a direct reversal of the import dependency.
What We Offer
Our platform generates value across multiple dimensions — for investors, for Nigeria, and for the continent.
Import Substitution at Scale
Domestic refining reduces Nigeria's dependency on imported copper, saving foreign exchange and redirecting industrial spending into the local economy.
A New Industrial Asset Class
CBA Metals creates copper processing infrastructure that does not yet exist in Nigeria — serving both local manufacturers and international commodity markets.
Jobs, Skills and FX Earnings
Every development phase creates direct employment, skills transfer, and FX earnings — accelerating Nigeria's industrialisation agenda.
Ready to Explore the Opportunity?
Whether you are an investor, a partner, or a stakeholder, we want to hear from you.