The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has initiated ... reducing the incidence of ore theft from industrial sites. The plummeting production of artisanal cobalt, which has seen margins shrink ...

Democratic Republic of Congo could extend a four-month export ban on cobalt introduced in February following a sharp drop in ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has imposed quotas on cobalt production and stockpiles accumulated during the four-month export suspension initiated in February 2025. Prime Minister Judith Suminwa ...

The DRC seeks to offer key minerals to the U.S., but rebel forces and China largely control access to these vital rare earth ...

Observers say the DRC has been inspired by Washington’s proposal to support Ukraine in its war against Russia in exchange for ...

New Fastmarkets data shows that a pound of cobalt hydroxide—the main product exported from the DRC, the world's top producer—has surged 84% since the DRC suspended exports last month to ...

U.S. firms are buying cobalt metal produced in Indonesia by China's Lygend Resources that does not incur the tariffs placed ...

Sources told Reuters in February that DRC, the world’s leading cobalt producer, was contemplating export quotas following the imposition of an export ban. Cobalt, a crucial component in ...

Electra Battery Materials' refinery is set to process raw cobalt from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). That country recently imposed a four-month export ban on the material, but Mell ...

A DRC cobalt export ban may only impact prices in the short term, but could point to a broader price control strategy to come ...

The two acquisitions more than doubled CMOC's cobalt supply and it became the world's largest producer of the mineral in terms of output in 2023. DR Congo, or the DRC, is by far the world's ...