DRC mining industry produced 121,955 tonnes of copper and nearly 7,000 tonnes of cobalt in January 2022
The mining industry in the Democratic Republic of the Congo produced 121,955 tonnes of copper in January 2022 compared to 130,508 tonnes of copper in January 2021, a drop of around 8,553 tonnes, according to figures from the Central Bank contained in its Digest of statistical information of January 13, 2022.
As for cobalt, 6,498 tonnes were produced in January 2022 compared to 7,383 tonnes in January 2021, a monthly production drop of around 885 tonnes from one year to the next.
Recall that in 2021, the mining industry in the Democratic Republic of the Congo produced 1 million 797,836 tonnes of copper, a record for the past two decades.
