Perhaps more importantly, it contains some of the world’s largest deposits of key minerals, such as cobalt, which is necessary for the manufacture of electronics. Across a nearly impassable rainforest ...

Three sources with knowledge of the situation said that the Democratic Republic of Congo was considering cobalt export quotas ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is considering introducing cobalt export quotas as the world's biggest supplier of the ...

A "silent genocide" is occurring eastern Congo, said some Catholic sources, as shock greeted the killing of 70 people in a ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the world's leading cobalt producer, has temporarily suspended cobalt exports for at ...

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- US oil major ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) agreed to sell its interests in the US Gulf offshore fields Ursa and Europa to Shell ...

Cobalt exports have been suspended from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), for four months from February 22, in response to low prices. The export ban covers all cobalt, including both ...

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Their role in technology and the global economy has made countries with rare earths a key focus in geopolitical discussions.

Around 70 bodies, including those of women, children and elderly people, were discovered on Feb. 15 in a church building in ...

Cobalt stocks rose in China on Tuesday as a surprise export ban in the Democratic Republic of Congo lifted the near-term ...