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Cobalt may substitute platinum in fuel cells

December 29, 2020December 29, 2020 admin

A team led by researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the United States designed a highly active catalyst that contains cobalt interspersed with nitrogen and carbon and, thus, doesn’t rely on platinum to spur the necessary chemical reaction. In a paper published in the journal Nature Catalysis, the scientists say that their invention is four times more durable than similarly structured catalysts made from iron —another platinum substitute. In their view, their findings show promise for fuel cells in transportation as proton exchange membrane fuel cells paired with hydrogen… Read More Here

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DRC: 78,935 tonnes of cobalt produced at the end of November 2020, i.e. production up 8.6% compared to the same period in 2019

December 29, 2020December 29, 2020 admin

The Democratic Republic of the Congo produced 78,935.53 tonnes of cobalt up to the end of November 2020 against 72,506.93 tonnes in the same period in 2019, according to figures from the Ministry of Mines. For the whole of 2019, the Democratic Republic of the Congo produced 77,964 tonnes of cobalt. So the production of the first 11 months of the year 2020 exceeds that of the whole year of 2019 by 1.24%. Recall that the DRC’s mining industry achieved a record production of 109,402 tonnes of cobalt in 2018 against… Read More Here

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DRC: only two new major industries entered production in 2020

December 24, 2020December 24, 2020 admin

Only two new major industries entered production during the year 2020 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to DESKECO.COM’s count. Both of these industrial companies are located in Katanga. Here, we are talking about large industrial companies and not small and medium-sized industries (SMIs) which, certainly dozens have gone into production this year. From January 15, 2020, the DEZIWA mining company went into production in the province of Lualaba. The result of an investment of more than 880 million USD, this copper and cobalt plant has a production capacity of 80,000… Read More Here

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China’s Pengxin starts cobalt hydroxide output in DRC

December 24, 2020December 24, 2020 admin

Chinese mining firm Pengxin International Mining has launched the first phase of its cobalt hydroxide production plant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Pengxin started production at the plant on 18 December after completing trial runs. The first phase has a designed capacity of 3,000 t/yr cobalt metal equivalent. The second phase will raise the plant’s capacity to 7,000 t/yr of cobalt metal equivalent, with further details including the launch date undisclosed. Pengxin’s subsidiary in the DRC Shituru Mining will operate the plant. Chinese firms have been exploring… Read More Here

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DRC joins Cobalt Action Partnership

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 admin

The Minister of Mines of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Willy Kitobo Samsoni, joined this week the Cobalt Action Partnership (CAP), a program with main goals to eliminate child and forced labor from the cobalt value chain, contribute to the sustainable development of communities, and respect the human rights of those affected by cobalt mining. Established by the Global Battery Alliance – a public-private collaboration platform founded in 2017 at the World Economic Forum – and led by the Responsible Minerals Initiative, the CAP is governed by an independent steering committee… Read More Here

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Trafigura’s Congo artisanal cobalt project to end, replaced by industrial mining

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 admin

Trafigura is ending an artisanal cobalt formalisation project in Democratic Republic of Congo, which it has run alongside miner Chemaf and NGO PACT for nearly two years, the commodities trader said on Thursday. A cooperative of artisanal miners on the Mutoshi project site has produced cobalt, a key battery metal, and sold it to Trafigura since early 2019. The site has been shut since March 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Trafigura said the project will end on Dec. 31 as Chemaf aims to develop an industrial mine at Mutoshi.… Read More Here

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China Moly buys 95% of DRC copper/cobalt mine from Freeport for $550m

December 14, 2020December 15, 2020 admin

China Molybdenum said on Sunday that it had acquired a 95% stake in the Kisanfu copper/cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from US-based Freeport-McMoRan Inc for $550-million. The Chinese company’s takeover of the undeveloped Kisanfu project – discussed as early as 2016 – boosts its reserves in the DRC, the world’s top producer of battery metal cobalt, where China Moly already operates the giant Tenke Fungurume mine. The acquisition, by China Moly unit Natural Resource Elite Investment, was approved by the Luoyang-based company’s investment committee on December… Read More Here

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Glencore commits to supply 150,000 tonnes of cobalt to Chinese GEM between 2020 and 2029

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 admin

Diversified mining and marketing company Glencore has extended its partnership with GEM of China for the supply of cobalt hydroxide by five years. Under the terms of the deal, Glencore, led by CEO Ivan Glasenberg, will supply around 150,000 t of cobalt in the hydroxide for GEM between 2020 and 2029, reports Mining News Pro. Glencore and GEM mutually commit to annual audits against standards aligned with the OECD, in particular, the cobalt refiner supply chain due diligence standard developed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative, the Responsible Cobalt Initiative and the… Read More Here

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Eurasian Resources DRC copper, cobalt facility to undergo Responsible Minerals Assurance Process

November 28, 2020November 28, 2020 admin

Eurasian Resources Group announced that Metalkol RTR, its hydro-metallurgical copper and cobalt facility in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has committed to undergoing the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process, a flagship program of the Responsible Minerals Initiative. Known as RMAP, the Process was developed to meet the requirements of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance, the Regulation (EU) 2017/821 of the European Parliament and the U.S. Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. THE RMAP USES AN INDEPENDENT THIRD-PARTY, RISK-BASED ASSESSMENT OF SMELTER/REFINER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND SOURCING PRACTICES It uses an independent… Read More Here

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Power Metals Resources confirms the high copper and cobalt potential of the Kisinka project in DRC

November 26, 2020November 26, 2020 admin

Power Metals Resources is now confident that its Kisinka project contains high levels of copper and cobalt. This strong potential has been confirmed by sample analyzes, encouraging the company to continue work to identify drilling targets, indicates a dispatch from the Ecofin Agency. Mining company Power Metals Resources has confirmed the strong copper and cobalt potential of its Congolese Kisinka project, thanks to new sample analysis results. The samples in question were taken during an exploration campaign conducted at the start of the year and submitted to the South African laboratory ALS… Read More Here