December 3, 2018 Congo state miner in production-sharing deal with Chinese firm Production sharing agreements align the interests of the two partners because the risk now weighs more on the investor than on Gecamines.
December 3, 2018 Management shake-up at Glencore costs copper chief Mistakidis his job Company veteran and coal chief Peter Freyberg, has been appointed as the head of industrial mining assets, a newly created role.
November 29, 2018 Congo state miner blames foreign investors for underdevelopment Congo is Africa’s biggest copper producer and the world’s largest source of cobalt.
November 29, 2018 BMW joins project to improve conditions for cobalt mining in Congo Carmakers seeking to boost sales of electric cars are struggling to get their hands on cobalt, a scarce but vital component in the production of batteries.
November 29, 2018 Congo plans to audit Glencore unit’s cobalt over uranium levels Relations with Congolese authorities have grown increasingly strained in recent months as the government pushes for foreign investors to contribute more.
November 28, 2018 M2 Cobalt advances exploration at Uganda mine The Vancouver junior mobilized a second drill rig and commenced drilling at two targets of its Bujagali mine.
November 25, 2018 DRC cobalt deposits not ‘that old’ By analyzing the age of known deposits, researchers get clues of where to find unexplored ones.
November 22, 2018 Congo’s 9-month copper output up 8.7%, cobalt nearly doubles Congo is Africa's top copper producer and the world's leading miner of cobalt.
November 22, 2018 Canadian Delrey completes IPO and phase one exploration at Sunset Delrey Metals has finished its $165,000 phase one exploration program at its Sunset cobalt-copper-zinc property in BC, Canada.
November 20, 2018 The battery boom to attract $620 billion in investment by 2040 The global energy-storage market will surge to a cumulative 942 gigawatts by 2040.
Russia says stake in gold producer UGC to be put up for public auction soon In July 2025, a Russian court ruled that the majority stake in UGC should be seized and transferred to the state. December 30, 2025 | 08:24 am
