China’s CMOC Group produced more cobalt at its two mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the first half of this year, despite the African nation’s ban on exports. The world’s largest ...

This transformative trend will be center stage at the upcoming African Mining Week (AMW) 2025, the continent’s most prominent ...

Learn about sources of continued violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and how the United Nations, African Union, and neighboring countries are struggling to curtail it.

Dowstone Technology announced on the evening of July 3 that, to further advance its industrial layout in the Democratic Republic of Congo (hereinafter referred to as "DRC"), enhance its ...

Boss Mining was named in the UN report, which documents how recent territorial gains in Congo by M23 have further destabilized a region beset by decades of conflict.

Chinese cobalt refineries, which account for a majority of the global supply, rely heavily on Congo. Trump has frequently highlighted the role of the U.S. in helping secure this agreement between the ...

Namib Minerals is working to expand and restart three gold mines in Zimbabwe to help fund its critical mineral ambitions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), CEO Ibrahima Tall says.

SMM learned that on the evening of June 21, 2025, the DRC Strategic Mineral Market Regulation and Control Bureau (ARECOMS) decided to extend the temporary ban issued on February 22 for another three ...

The demand for cobalt and other minerals is fueling a decades-long humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In pursuit of money to support their families, Congolese ...