The Democratic Republic of Congo indicated it’s approving American firm Virtus Minerals Inc.’s purchase of copper and cobalt ...

American company Virtus Minerals is poised to buy Chemaf, a troubled miner in the Democratic Republic of Congo, marking the ...

A new investigation alleges pollution, illness and displacement around one of the world’s largest cobalt operations, raising ...

South Africa’s mining minister criticized DR Congo for signing a minerals deal with the US, saying it threatened the sovereignty of the continent’s states by intensifying the scramble for Africa’s ...

According to the latest update of the interactive platform Critical Minerals: Pivotal Outlook (free to access until 5 September) from our sister publication Africa Business+, Gulf countries have ...

While the country is Africa’s largest exporter of mineral products, companies are spending even smaller amounts on prospecting.

FirstpostAfrica: The Tenke Fungurume cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, operated by a Chinese subsidiary, has ...

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, industrial and artisanal mining of cobalt and copper, essential for battery-powered technologies, poses risks to the reproductive health of women, preliminary ...

Innocent Pereira, Vice President of Commercial Energy Solutions at Sasol, provides insight into how African mining can ...

Along the 63-mile highway between the towns of Kolwezi and Fungurume sit two towering symbols of China’s stranglehold over resources in the southeast corner of the Democratic Republic of Congo: huge ...