Mines like Rubaya have been at heart of discussions around M23’s takeover of part of eastern Congo, with the Congolese government alleging they want control of the minerals and are smuggling them ille ...

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

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

Metal investment company Cobalt Holdings is targeting June for an initial public offering in London in what would potentially be the biggest UK first-time share sale in the mining and energy ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Chinese cobalt smelters have ample supplies of the battery-making material despite the export ban imposed by the world's top producer, the Democratic Republic of Congo, in late ...

Risks attach. The DR Congo, smarting at the price-crunching tsunami of cobalt unleashed by Chinese mining group CMOC, has to find a more permanent way of curtailing supply, and may do so as early ...

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

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, ...

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 ...