November 15, 2016 Chinese tighten grip on Tenke mine as Lundin agrees to sell stake for $1.14bn Canada’s Lundin, which owns 24% of Tenke, has finally agreed to sell its stake to a private equity firm from Asia’s richest nation.
November 15, 2016 Report: DRC signs over $880m royalties to president’s friend Global Witness: Royalty stream from Glencore's KCC copper-cobalt operation transferred to offshore company controlled by Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler.
November 1, 2016 BHP Billiton jumps on the electric car bandwagon The world’s largest miner sees electric vehicles boosting copper demand.
October 27, 2016 The mania for cobalt has begun The electric vehicle revolution will continue to reinforce the unquenchable demand for cobalt.
October 18, 2016 Congo’s cobalt production set to soar despite claims of child labour Last year, the country's cobalt production accounted for just over half of the world's output.
September 30, 2016 Glencore reviews bribery allegations against business partner Och-Ziff’s partner in Congo paid $100 million in bribes to local authorities over a 10-year period to secure access to mining assets. Bloomberg quotes an anonymous source saying Dan Gertler…
September 30, 2016 New York hedge fund fined $400m for Congo bribes Key violations in the Och-Ziff case came in mining and oil and gas deals associated with Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler and DRC president Joseph Kabila.
September 20, 2016 Lundin’s agonizing Congo decision Toronto miner has first dibs on controlling share of Tenke Fungurume which if contemplated expansion goes ahead would catapult mine into global top 5.
July 25, 2016 China snaps up $4.5bn worth of overseas mining assets in just six months Most of them have been after existing operations and companies, rather than trying to build mines from scratch.
July 22, 2016 Fresh wave of Chinese firms to go after Congo’s riches — report Faced with declining domestic production, China's top copper company — Minmetals — said earlier this year that the "only solution” was going overseas, and many are following its steps.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
