Founded in 2004, ORION is the result of the merger between Entreprises Minières Orion, which was created under the Canadian Joint-Stock Company Law, and Entreprises Orion, which was founded in Congo-Brazzaville under the OHADA (Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa) treaty.
The former company, which in 2004 held an operating permit for over 4,000 square meters in the Kelle-Mbomo region in Congo-Brazzaville, specialized in the prospecting, exploration, processing and marketing of ore and fossil substances, particularly alluvial gold and jewellery diamonds.
The latter was engaged in supplying production equipment and materials to crafts operators, logging, crude oil and refined products.
The group’s principal activity today is the direct purchase and export of some 5 million barrels of crude oil per month around the world. We also supply several countries along the African coastand Central Africa with some 100,000 metric tonnes of refined products each month.