On further engagement, the delegation was informed that ENAMI assists the poor people through supporting small mining companies. The success of the companies supported by ENAMI depends on the price of the commodity in which they are involved. ENAMI buys ores and concentrates from small and medium scale producers. ENAMI processes and exports the proceeds as mainly cathodes and refined copper to international markets. The quantity of minerals mined is used as the criterion to determine the size of the mining companies. ENAMI uses the London Metal Exchange tariff to determine the buying price. Normally ENAMI pays the market commodity price but when the price goes down, it pays a price that is higher than the market price as loans, which are recovered when the price goes up again.