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Congo Anticipates finalizing the overhaul of its $6 billion China mining contract within the year 1 Copper Cobalt Mining in DRC 

Congo Anticipates finalizing the overhaul of its $6 billion China mining contract within the year

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Democratic Republic of Congo expects to reach an agreement on overhauling $6 billion of an infrastructure-for-minerals deal with Chinese investors this year, Finance Minister Nicolas Kazadi told Reuters in an interview. The government is in active talks with representatives of Sicomines, a cobalt and copper joint venture with Chinese state-owned firms, as well as China’s CMOC Group Ltd massive Tenke Fungurume (TFM) copper and cobalt mine, Kazadi said via videolink from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “It’s important for us to have clear agreement because this is what we have… Read More Here
Congo President calls for greater benefits in $6.2 Billion China Metals Agreement 2 Mining in DRC Cobalt Copper 

Congo President calls for greater benefits in $6.2 Billion China Metals Agreement

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Democratic Republic of Congo President, Felix Tshisekedi, has criticized a $6.2 billion minerals-for-infrastructure contract with China, stating that the country has not benefited from the deal. Congo is abundant in natural resources, including copper and cobalt, which are key components in electric vehicles, but remains one of the world’s least-developed countries. Most of its minerals end up in China, which signed a landmark deal with Tshisekedi’s predecessor in 2008 to trade roads and buildings for the two metals. The President said he is now trying to ensure that Congo receives… Read More Here
Critical Minerals To Play A Crucial Role In 2023 3 Mining in DRC Battery Metals Cobalt 

Critical Minerals To Play A Crucial Role In 2023

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The ongoing conflict in Eastern Europe has highlighted Europe’s dependence on Russian gas, causing prices to rise for both individuals and businesses. This has led to increased demand for a rapid shift towards a green economy, which in turn is driving the need for ‘critical’ minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which holds some of the world’s largest reserves of these minerals. In early 2022, President Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo, along with the Presidents of Zambia and Rwanda, signed a joint declaration to promote value addition… Read More Here
Miners Have To Make Move Into Higher Risk Jurisdictions, ERG CEO Says 4 Copper Battery Metals Cobalt International 

Miners Have To Make Move Into Higher Risk Jurisdictions, ERG CEO Says

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Speaking in an interview with Fastmarkets on Thursday January 11, Benedikt Sobotka, chief executive officer of Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) said that while large, listed miners have historically turned to perceived lower-risk environments such as Canada and Australia, this will need to change because there are vast resources outside those countries. “It forces companies to go into jurisdictions they have historically shied away from and makes it – particularly because of today’s ESG requirements – more difficult to get access and operate,” he said on the sidelines of the Future Minerals Forum… Read More Here
EXPENSIVE BATTERY METALS 5 You got to know this Cobalt Lithium 

EXPENSIVE BATTERY METALS

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The most expensive battery metals are generally considered to be lithium, cobalt, and nickel. Lithium is the lightest metal and the least dense solid element. It is used in batteries for portable electronic devices, as well as electric vehicles. The price of lithium has fluctuated in recent years, but it is generally considered to be one of the most expensive battery metals. Cobalt is a hard, lustrous, gray metal that is commonly used in rechargeable batteries for smartphones and electric vehicles. The price of cobalt has also fluctuated in recent… Read More Here
On The London Stock Exchange, Cobalt Is Trading At USD 51,510.00 per Tonne 6 Cobalt 

On The London Stock Exchange, Cobalt Is Trading At USD 51,510.00 per Tonne

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On the London stock market, the price of cobalt is recovering slightly after stagnation for several weeks. According to market trends for Tuesday, December 27, 2022, a tonne of cobalt is expected to trade at 51,510.00 USD on the London Stock Exchange. Experts from the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo projected the price of cobalt at 51,240.00 USD against 51,248 USD in the second week of December 2022, a slight drop of around -8 usd. These projections by Congolese experts indicate that the general trend in the prices… Read More Here
KoBold Metals to build copper-cobalt mine in Zambia backed by Bill Gates & Jeff Bezos 7 Cobalt Battery Metals Mining in Zambia New Mining Projects 

KoBold Metals to build copper-cobalt mine in Zambia backed by Bill Gates & Jeff Bezos

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KoBold Metals, a start-up backed by a coalition of billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, has committed $150 million to developing the Mingomba copper-cobalt mine in Zambia, said to be the world’s highest-grade undeveloped large deposit of the orange metal. The start-up, which has Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures and the world’s top miner BHP (ASX:BHP) as shareholders, will use its artificial intelligence tools to process drilling data and optimize exploration for copper and cobalt at Mingomba. KoBold is buying into what will be a joint venture with the existing owners of the project – Australian… Read More Here
DRC: mining companies produced 104,920 tons of cobalt at the end of November 2022 (report) 8 Mining in DRC Cobalt 

DRC: mining companies produced 104,920 tons of cobalt at the end of November 2022 (report)

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Cobalt production in the Democratic Republic of Congo is increasing significantly during the year 2022. According to the recent digest of statistical information published by the Central Bank of Congo (BCC), mining companies based in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) produced 104,920 tons of cobalt at the end of November 2022. During the same period last year (2021), the total volume of cobalt production by Congolese mining companies was around 84,442 tons, which is 20,478 tons less than the production of the year. In progress. BCC statistical data indicates… Read More Here
CONGOLESE TOWN TO ‘DISAPPEAR’ TO GIVE WAY FOR COBALT MINES 9 Mining in DRC Cobalt Environment Social Governance (ESG) 

CONGOLESE TOWN TO ‘DISAPPEAR’ TO GIVE WAY FOR COBALT MINES

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Houses in the Gecamine district of the DRC on the edge of the abyss of the Chinese mining company COMMUS, downtown Kolwezi. Once a thriving neighborhood of neat houses and tree-shaded avenues, this district of the city of Kolwezi is now nearly destroyed.  “We are finished,” said Alphonse Fwamba Mutombo, standing on a rubble overlooking an open-cast cobalt mine in Kolwezi, south eastern DR Congo. His had once been a thriving neighborhood of neat houses and tree-shaded avenues. Today, the wreckage of demolished houses, separated from the sprawling pit by… Read More Here
EV Battery Lithium Battery Metals Cobalt International 

A Battery Passport can create a circular economy for EVs

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Benedikt Sobotka warns that the lack of recycling capability could dramatically limit the speed at which the EV transition takes place Transportation currently accounts for 37% of global CO2 emissions, according to the International Energy Agency, which means the decarbonisation of the transport sector forms an essential part of any serious plan to address climate change. At the heart of this process is the transition from traditional, internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs). Global electric car sales have continued on a strong upward trend in 2022, with… Read More Here

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