Mining8d
Column: Another cobalt bust but this time it’s different
But thanks to the company’s two massive copper mines in the Congo it has rapidly grown to become the world’s largest producer of cobalt, which comes as a copper by-product. Both TFM and KFM ...
Fighting in Africa’s mineral-rich DRC killed over 3,000 in less than 2 weeks. Here’s how your phone plays a part
A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of ...
SIR14d
Congo: interests in coltan, gold and cobalt behind the violence
the armed groups want to occupy the whole of eastern Congo because of its land, its gold mines and, above all, its cobalt mines. Gold nuggets can be found by simply digging along the rivers with ...
Congo jails three Chinese citizens in illegal mining crackdown
A Congolese court has sentenced three Chinese citizens to seven years in prison after they were arrested in possession of ...
The Globe and Mail8d
Another cobalt bust, but this time it’s different
CMOC was formerly known as China Molybdenum Co. Ltd. and it remains a significant producer of the steel alloying ingredient. But thanks to the company’s two massive copper mines in the Congo ...