In the Belgian Congo the company engaged in cotton, coffee, rubber, rice and cocoa plantations, forestry, construction, railways and energy.
[1] The Belgian limited company Société Commerciale et Minière de l'Uélé (Comuele) was created in June 1919 as a joint venture between the Cominière and the English Lever Brothers.
[2] The Cominière subsidiary Agrifor (Société Forestière et Agricole du Mayumbe) was founded in 1924 to produce forest and agriculture products in the Mayombe region.
Martin Theves, future president of Agrifor, was sent to Colombia in 1935 to solve the problem, and managed to sell the railway to the government for a good price.
Between 1989 and 1991 Cominière raised fresh equity capital, sold some assets and liquidated others, but retained its investments in Matermaco and Verswijver in Belgium, and in Afrima and Immoaf in Zaire.
[1] A new company named La Congolaise d'Exploitation Minière (Cominière[a]) was created in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 12 April 2010.