The cobalt market is no stranger to boom and bust cycles but the current downturn is unprecedented and no-one is sure how ...

The DRC produces 70% of the world’s cobalt, yet nearly $1 billion vanishes from the legal supply chain each year.

Crane manufacturer Condra is solidifying its position as a supplier of cranes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ...

Gécamines SA, Congo's state-owned mining company, has filed an application to acquire a division of Chemaf Resources Ltd. a few months after announcing its intention to block the sale of the copper ...

Violence escalated when the Rwandan-backed March 23 Movement rebels seized control of Goma, a key mining city in eastern ...

A Congolese court has sentenced three Chinese citizens to seven years in prison after they were arrested in possession of gold bars and $400,000 in cash and found guilty of illegal activities linked ...

According to SEC.gov, Tesla relies on child labor to mine precious metals such as cobalt. Tesla is being sued for failing to address documented labor by children in its supply chain. The lawsuit ...

Reports from eastern DR Congo are not reassuring. The ongoing war in North Kivu is escalating into a regional conflict that is spreading far beyond Goma. Militiamen belonging to the armed group M23, ...

Cobalt is a byproduct of nickel and copper mining. In recent years ... s supply of cobalt originates in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Other major cobalt producers include Russia ...

Kazakhstan-backed Eurasian Resources Group plans to review some of its mining permits in the Democratic Republic of Congo and ...

But thanks to the company’s two massive copper mines in the Congo it has rapidly grown to become the world’s largest producer of cobalt, which comes as a copper by-product. Both TFM and KFM ...