Chinese cobalt smelters have ample supplies of the battery-making material despite the export ban imposed by the world's top ...

One of the four delegates said the stockpiles may peak in June, since it typically takes four months for cobalt to reach Chinese ports from mines in Congo. Patrick Luabeya, head of Congo's ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo may impose ... and demand of cobalt,” Luabeya said. He also said the agency would consult industry players in June regarding the ban. Mines Minister Kizito ...

Rubaya lies in the heart of eastern Congo, a mineral-rich part of the Central African nation which for decades has been ...

Unlike nickel and lithium, cobalt is primarily produced as a byproduct — mostly from copper mines in the DRC and nickel mines in Indonesia, said Bloomberg News. Congo suspended exports for four months ...

Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, the artisanal Rubaya mining site hums with the sound of generators, ...

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 ...

The deal is aimed at raising funds for the construction of one of the largest copper-cobalt mines and processing plants in the Congo with the support of Trafigura Group as part of the Mutoshi project, ...

This latter factor has come from Chinese miners expanding copper production in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), as cobalt is a byproduct of copper ... Recent years have shown that the ...

Moreover, it would not stop unregulated mining for cobalt in Congo. Indeed, if deep-sea mining were to cause metal prices to fall it would only increase demand for more unregulated land-based mining.