Nearly all cobalt output is a byproduct of nickel and copper mining. Copper production in the Congo is rising fast leading to a near 40% jump in the country’s cobalt output in 2024. The DRC ...

Battle for control of DRC fuelled by increasing demand for minerals such as coltan and cobalt, crucial in smartphones and ...

Images of devastation in Goma have begun to shift attention toward the crisis in DR Congo, pushing celebrities to boycott Rwanda.

An insurgency led by M23 rebels in eastern Congo has escalated and reached the city of Goma, worsening a humanitarian crisis ...

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 ...

Economic rivalry and ethnic tensions lay at the center of the long-simmering conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the strategically located city of Goma has recently fallen to r ...

A lightning advance in Congo’s mineral-rich eastern borderlands is set to boost the M23 rebellion’s illegal mining revenues ... top producer of tantalum and cobalt, a key component in ...

The abundance of coltan, cobalt and gold in the soil of North and South Kivu is driving companies, protected by the Congolese army, to commit a wide range of abuses. In particular, about one hundred ...

Since the colonial era, when Congo was under the absolute rule of King Leopold II of Belgium ... which is also home to most of the DRC’s coltan reserve. "In territories with mining operations, the ...

This sustained output is supported by expanded operations at its two key African mines, which remain pivotal to its strategy. The cobalt mining industry has seen an increase in output in recent years, ...