Large-scale industrial copper and cobalt producers in the Lualaba province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Kamoto Copper Company (KCC) and Mutanda Mining (Mumi) hosted a community ...

Ivanhoe Mines’ ultra-high-grade Kipushi zinc-copper-lead-germanium mine has been officially reopened in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by Félix Tshisekedi, President of the DRC. The ...

Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN,OTCQX:IVPAF) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) marked a major milestone with the reopening of the Kipushi mine after a 31 year operational hiatus.An 800,000 metric ...

An order signed by Michel Kibonge Nyekuma, chief of staff to the minister of mines, on 31 July cancelled the operating rights of 29 companies in DRC, raising concerns over the country’s vital sector ...

Bintou Keita, the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative to the DRC, told the Security Council in a September briefing that coltan trade from Rubaya’s mines is estimated to supply over ...

For instance, when the DRC government suspended exports from the largest Chinese-owned cobalt mine in 2022 over financial disputes, it temporarily halted about 10% of global cobalt production.

DRC Strikes New $7 Billion Mine Road-Financing Deal With China. Congo will get 1.2% royalty from Sicomines copper-cobalt mine; Gecamines will market 32% of mine’s production, Sicomines says ...

First Quantum said it was still mining at Frontier as no direct action has yet been taken by DRC authorities to shut down the mine. Frontier produced 92,353 of copper in concentrate in 2009 and is ...

China's Zijin Mining said it will defend its right to advance the contested Manono Lithium mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), after it was granted permission to develop the deposit.

The Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs concluded that more than 40,000 children, including children as young as 6 years old, work in cobalt mines in the DRC.