Category: CKM Newsletter

              The DRC & ZMB’s Top Mining News Platform CKM’s Mining Updates to Recharge Your Week     DR Congo Suspends CDM Mining Operations Following Major Environmental Incident in Lubumbashi…   On Thursday, November 6, 2025, at 2 a.m., the Minister of Mines, His Excellency Louis Watum Kabamba, arrived in Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga Province, to assess a major environmental incident at the Congo Dongfang Mining (CDM) site. Initial reports indicated that an overflow of industrial effluent from a discharge basin affected several nearby neighborhoods, raising… Read More Here

            The DRC & ZMB’s Top Mining News Platform CKM’s Mining Updates to Recharge Your Week     The improvement was mainly driven by higher mill throughput with the commissioning of the S3 expansion project…   First Quantum Minerals (FQM) has reported increases in copper production at both its Kansanshi and Sentinel mines in North-Western Province, reinforced by the completion of its S3 processing plant at Kansanshi. Its Kansanshi operation in Solwezi reported 47,000 tonnes of copper production in the third quarter of this year,… Read More Here

              The DRC & ZMB’s Top Mining News Platform CKM’s Mining Updates to Recharge Your Week     Lualaba Governor Fifi Masuka Urges DRC–Zambia Cooperation for Responsible Mining, Value Addition, & Africa’s Energy Transition…   The Governor of Lualaba Province, Her Excellency Fifi Masuka Saini, has called for closer cooperation between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia to promote value addition, local processing, and sustainable mining governance across the region. Delivering her keynote address at the Zambia Mining and Investment Insaka in… Read More Here

              The DRC & ZMB’s Top Mining News Platform Mining Updates to Recharge Your Week     DRC Copper Prices Surge Above $10,000 in September 2025 — Implications for Mining Revenues and Chinese Contract Talks…   Copper prices reached US$10,215 per tonne at the end of September 2025, marking a 2.3% increase from the previous week, according to the Central Bank of Congo (BCC). This rise is largely attributed to disruptions at Indonesia’s Grasberg mine, one of the world’s largest copper operations. Compared to… Read More Here

              The DRC & ZMB’s Top Mining News Platform Mining Updates to Recharge Your Week       Democratic Republic of Congo Stands Firm on Cobalt Export Quotas to Control Prices and Promote Local Processing… The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will maintain its newly announced cobalt export quota system, with potential revisions only possible in the long term if deemed necessary, the country’s mining minister confirmed. Mining Minister Louis Watum Kabamba emphasized that Congo is focused on attracting investments that include more local… Read More Here

              The DRC & ZMB’s Top Mining News Platform Mining Updates to Recharge Your Week       Glencore in Talks to Sell Stake in DRC’s Kamoto Copper and Cobalt Mine Amid US Interest Glencore Plc has entered talks to sell a stake in its largest African copper operation, the Kamoto Copper Company (KCC) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), marking the clearest signal yet that the Swiss commodities giant may relinquish control of one of its flagship assets. KCC oversees a major… Read More Here

              The DRC & ZMB’s Top Mining News Platform Mining Updates to Recharge Your Week       DRC Signs Controversial Mining Agreement with ERG as Critics Warn of “Betrayal” The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has announced a new agreement between Luxembourg-based mining giant Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), in which Kazakhstan holds a 40% stake, and state-owned G n rale des Carri res et des Mines (G camines). While officials are hailing the deal as a fresh start for the… Read More Here

            The DRC & ZMB’s Top Mining News Platform Mining Updates to Recharge Your Week       Prospect Resources Identifies Major Copper Target at West Mwombezhi, Zambia, as Diamond Drilling Commences…   Prospect Resources Limited (ASX:PSC) has announced that its recent aircore drilling program at the West Mwombezhi prospect in north-west Zambia has returned highly anomalous copper mineralisation at shallow depths, covering over 1 km of strike. The results highlight a new, high-potential target within the company’s Mumbezhi Copper Project, where Prospect holds an… Read More Here

            The DRC & ZMB’s Top Mining News Platform Mining Updates to Recharge Your Week       KoBold Metals Secures Seven Lithium and Critical Mineral Permits in DRC Amid U.S. Investment Push…   KoBold Metals, the mineral exploration company backed by U.S. billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, has secured seven new permits to explore lithium and other critical minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The licenses were awarded weeks after the Berkeley, California-based company signed an exploration agreement with the Congolese… Read More Here

            The DRC & ZMB’s Top Mining News Platform Mining Updates to Recharge Your Week     Cobalt Prices Surge, Offering Major Opportunities for the Democratic Republic of Congo…   The international cobalt market, a key export of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has seen significant growth in recent months. According to the Central Bank of Congo (BCC) in its latest economic outlook, cobalt prices held steady at USD 32,650 per tonne during the last week of July 2025, remaining unchanged into the first… Read More Here