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DRC signs Framework for pre-feasibility study of economic zone for Batteries and EVs

March 30, 2023March 30, 2023 Constance

Will the DRC manage to set up its ambitious project to produce batteries and electric vehicles? Yes, we answer in the government. Prime Minister Sama Lukonde chaired this Monday, March 27, 2023 in Kinshasa the signing ceremony of the framework agreement relating to the creation of a special economic zone (SEZ) dedicated to this project. The stakeholders in this project are the DRC, Zambia, whose Minister of Industry came from Kinshasa, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and Afreximbank. The signed framework agreement aims to pave the way for a pre-feasibility… Read More Here

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Value of Battery metals in newly-sold EVs tripled on rampant lithium, nickel prices

March 29, 2023March 29, 2023 Constance

The EV Metal Index, which tracks the value of battery metals in newly registered passenger EVs (including full battery, plug-in and conventional hybrids) around the world, totalled $26.9 billion in 2022, an increase of 232% compared to the prior year. That figure means as much EV battery metal business was done in 2022 than the combined total of the preceding five years. And that came despite pandemic lockdowns for most of the year in the world’s largest EV market and turmoil in Europe, the world’s no. 2 electric car market,… Read More Here

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Seafloor Mining lowers Battery metals’ Environmental impact, study finds

March 26, 2023March 26, 2023 Constance

The Metals Company (TMC) on Tuesday 21st of March released the results of a lifecycle assessment of the environmental impacts of the company’s NORI-D Polymetallic Nodule Project carried out by Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. TMC’s project in the Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and Mexico aims to bring online the planet’s largest undeveloped deposit of battery metals. The nickel, cobalt, manganese and copper are found in potato-sized rock-like nodules The Benchmark study assessed, among others, the global warming potential, acidification, eutrophication, particulate matter formation and… Read More Here

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EU and Canadian IMPACT team up to Combat Cobalt Corruption in DRC

March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 Constance

The Canadian organization IMPACT, which specializes in improving the management of natural resources, launched on March 21 in the city of Kolwezi the project “Mapping costs”. This is an initiative funded by the European Union and intended to fight against corruption by promoting transparency of taxes and royalties applicable in the artisanal cobalt sector in the DRC. This initiative brings together various stakeholders, including local elected officials, artisanal miners, civil society actors, traders and experts in mining and financial management, this project will consist of holding a series of workshops to… Read More Here

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Chinese company CMOC to lead Global Cobalt production in DRC

March 23, 2023March 23, 2023 Constance

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is known internationally for its mining potential representing more or less 1,100 different mineral substances. In accordance with its mining code, which has the merit of being attractive and inciting, the country seems to be a very fertile market for the giants of the mining sector. With the entry into production of the Kisanfu mine of the Chinese mining giant CMOC scheduled for the second quarter of the current year, the CMOC mining company will double its production of cobalt, with an annual production… Read More Here

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China to increase control over Global Cobalt Supply

March 15, 2023March 15, 2023 Constance

China is poised to increase its control over the global cobalt supply, according to a report by Darton Commodities, a UK-based cobalt trader. Over the next two years, China’s share of cobalt production is expected to reach half of global output, up from 44% at present, Darton said. Chinese refining activity reached 140,000 tonnes in 2022, giving the country a 77% global share of refining capacity. The price of the metal hit a 32-month low this month amid a surge in production. Global mine production grew 42% between 2020 and… Read More Here

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TFM Miners call Kinshasa for Responsibility

March 10, 2023March 10, 2023 Constance

While the conflict between the Congolese State and the Chinese group CMOC seems to be at an impasse, the inter-union of the mining site held a press conference on Tuesday to ask the government to lift restrictions on cobalt exports. A matter of life or death for this huge industrial site, which sustains an entire region and contributes greatly to local and national public finances in the DRC. Will cobalt ever again be exported from the Tenke Fungurume Mining (TFM) mine? The mining site, located in the province of Lualaba, in… Read More Here

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Battery Metal frenzy outshines Recovery fears at PDAC

March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 Constance

Tepid global demand for metals driven by recession fears and China’s weak economic recovery have done little to shake the belief among miners that battery materials are heading for an epic bull run. That was the sentiment of thousands of executives, investors, government officials and bankers who crammed into a conference center in Toronto for the past four days to showcase their assets, network and strike deals. For the event organizer, the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada gathering highlighted the industry’s push to be part of the solution in… Read More Here

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DRC Dominates Green Metal production, Boosting Cobalt supply in 2022.

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 Constance

The cobalt market has seen its biggest increase in supply in 2022, driven by booming production of the crucial battery metal in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia, according to specialist trading firm Darton Commodities, reports. mining.com. Mined cobalt supply rose 23% to 187,060 tonnes in 2022, in a surge in supply that erased a large deficit seen in 2021 and left the market in one of its biggest surpluses ever. at the end of the year, Darton said Monday in its annual cobalt report. This surge in supply… Read More Here

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Battery metals projects catch eye of Pension funds and Carmakers

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 Constance

Critical minerals projects are attracting newfound interest from pension funds and automakers to help tackle a looming shortage of battery metals, say some of Canada’s top investment bankers. The rush for metals like lithium, copper and nickel needed to power electric vehicles has “clearly brought the sector into a spotlight that it wasn’t in a few years ago,” Ilan Bahar, global mining co-head at BMO Capital Markets, said during a Monday panel discussion at a mining conference in Toronto. Bank of Montreal’s investment banking business has seen more interest from… Read More Here