March 21, 2025

Top cobalt miner CMOC posts record earnings on rising output

The miner reported net income jumped 64% to 13.5 billion yuan last year, beating analysts’ estimates.

March 21, 2025

Trafigura-backed Congo cobalt miner scraps sale to Chinese firm

Chemaf has informed creditors that a proposed takeover by a unit of Chinese state-owned arms manufacturer Norinco won’t go ahead.

March 21, 2025

US-Congo minerals, security talks in early stages, minister says

President Felix Tshisekedi has dangled his country’s resources as a way to attract support from US President Donald Trump’s administration.

March 21, 2025

Gates-backed explorer makes play for Congo lithium deposit

KoBold Metals has told the government of the DRC it wants to develop one of the world’s biggest hard rock lithium deposits.

March 20, 2025

China to add cobalt, copper to state metal reserves

An effort to boost the resilience of critical minerals supply at time when energy transition demand is increasing and geopolitical tensions are running high.

March 20, 2025

Chinese state funding in mineral exploration on the rise: FT

Since 2022, the nation as whole has devoted $13.8 billion to geological exploration annually.

March 19, 2025

Canadian opposition leader vows 6-month Ring of Fire OK in Ontario

The Ring of Fire area in the province's northwest lies in a remote swampy region where only one venture is considered advanced -- the Eagle’s Nest project.

March 19, 2025

Congo plans cobalt export quotas, partnership with Indonesia to tackle glut

The quotas will be enforced in two parts, one focusing on exports and the other on local mineral transformation.

March 17, 2025

Congo president meets US lawmaker amid talk of mineral deal

A presidential statement described Ronny Jackson as a "special envoy" for US President Donald Trump.

March 14, 2025

Tariffs, uncertainty, driving nations to tighten grip on critical minerals

Verisk Maplecroft’s Resource Nationalism Index shows a record jump in government control over resources in 47 countries since 2020.