Recognising that the White House of President Donald Trump is interested in transactional relationships - and seeing the proposed Ukraine-US mineral deal - the resource-rich DR Congo is hoping to ...

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

There has been a feeling of regret on whether the momentum for peace was actually lost in abrupt change of the military ...

DRC also plans to enforce cobalt export quotas and collaborate with Indonesia, another major producer, to regulate pricing ...

Congo, which is rich in cobalt, lithium and uranium, has been fighting Rwanda-backed M23 rebels that seized swathes of its ...

Suminwa also mentioned that the country plans to cooperate with another major cobalt producer, Indonesia, to better manage supply and prices in the global market. The DRC is one of the richest ...

“There is a desire for us to diversify our partners,” Congolese government spokesman Patrick Muyaya said last week, adding there were “daily exchanges” between Congo and the U.S. The US ...

After a cabinet meeting, government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya said that cobalt prices had risen by over 50% since Congo's decision to suspend exports. Quoting a statement from President Felix ...

Congolese government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya confirmed to the BBC's Newsday programme that his country wanted to bring the US on board and supply it "with some critical minerals". "Of course ...