CMOC increased cobalt production by 13% to 61,073 tonnes in the first half of 2025. • The DRC extended its cobalt export ban, forcing CMOC to stockpile while adapting. • CMOC maintains its 2025 cobalt ...

China’s CMOC Group produced more cobalt at its two mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the first half of this year, despite the African nation’s ban on exports. The world’s largest ...

Child labourers in Africa are being rebranded as 'artisanal miners' – it's time for the West to stop ignoring modern slavery ...

The IBA’s news release noted that the war in the DRC has lasted for over three decades. Per the United Nations (UN), the DRC ...

The region’s mineral wealth, which includes cobalt, coltan, gold, tin, and tungsten, is an invisible driver of both ...

A new report titled Responses to Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ('the Report') has been published by the ...

ITSCI resumes 3T mineral traceability in Walikale, DRC, after March 2025 suspension Risks persist from illegal taxes and armed group involvement along transport routes Smuggling and certification ...

Base metal trading giant IXM—a subsidiary of world-leading cobalt producer, China's CMOC—has declared force majeure on its cobalt supply from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.This comes ...

IXM, owned by China's CMOC Group, has declared force majeure on deliveries of cobalt produced in the Democratic Republic of Congo after the country extended its ban of exports of the battery ...