A Chinese state-controlled mining company mothballed a cobalt processing plant in the Democratic Republic of Congo only 15 ...

Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) has declared force majeure on deliveries of battery material cobalt from its Metalkol ...

While MMG started commissioning the cobalt plant in September 2023, the facility was placed in so-called care and maintenance ...

Chinese state-owned miner MMG has mothballed production at its cobalt processing plant in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Chinese state-controlled mining company MMG suspended its cobalt processing plant at the Kinsevere mine in the Democratic ...

The Central African Copper Bonanza by Timo Särkkä analyses the Western colonial origins of the mining industry and its ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has initiated a state monopoly to oversee the production and export of artisanal ...

Congo produces about three-quarters of the world supply of cobalt which soared in recent years. This invited new producers into the industry, principally China’s CMOC Group which ramped up output at ...

After the blowup between Mr. Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday in the Oval Office, the fate of the Ukraine minerals deal is uncertain. Mr. Zelensky said he is still “ready” to sign a ...

A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider ...

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi is hoping to earn U.S. support for his country's fight against Rwandan-backed rebels with a lucrative mineral deal.

When commodity prices plunge, producers turn off the taps. The Democratic Republic of Congo, home to three-quarters of the world’s cobalt, has done the next best thing by slapping a three-month ...