The Democratic Republic of Congo's four-month ban on cobalt exports is under review, the country's mines minister, Kizito Pakabomba, said at a cobalt industry conference in Singapore on Wednesday, ...

Three-quarters of the world’s cobalt, used in smartphones and laptops, comes from the Congo. This makes us vulnerable.

Dr. Denis Mukwege, a local pastor and surgeon, is a tireless advocate for women and children suffering through war.

The Democratic Republic of Congo may impose strict curbs on exports of cobalt when its existing four-month export ban ends, the head of a government agency said on Wednesday. Congo, the world's ...

Mines like Rubaya have been at heart of discussions around M23’s takeover of part of eastern Congo, with the Congolese ...

Among them are more than 360,000 children ... and cobalt is the fuse. Raw cobalt bound for processing at the Etoile mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Credit: Bloomberg What’s happening ...

The US is actively pushing for a peace accord between Democratic Republic of the Congo ... area of mining as well,” Boulos told Reuters. DRC is currently the world’s largest cobalt producer ...

At the start of the year cobalt prices fell to their lowest level ever on an inflation adjusted basis and reached near decade lows nominally. A surge in supply from the Congo, responsible for 80% ...