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DRC balances production, sustainability
16th January 2026 By: Lynne Davies

As the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) works to leverage its mining sector for broader economic upliftment, it is balancing rising copper and cobalt production with the need to align operations... 


World Platinum Investment Council Director of Research Edward Sterck.
Platinum research head notes demand for precious metals as fiat currency alternatives
14th January 2026 By: Martin Creamer

The Trump administration’s policies and repeated attacks on the independence of the Federal Reserve are bringing into question the role of the US dollar as the global reserve currency and driving... 


Absa CIB Coverage Head for Resources and Energy Shirley Webber.
Call for Africa to turn fragmented mineral belts into coherent regional value chains
13th January 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Africa does not have the luxury of treating regional cooperation and regional beneficiation as afterthoughts. If the continent continues to negotiate in small, fragmented units, the result will be... 


A haul truck at a Congo copper mine
Congo sending first copper to US under Mercuria-backed venture
12th January 2026 By: Bloomberg

The Democratic Republic of Congo is sending its first shipment of copper to the US through a partnership with Mercuria Energy Group, as the Trump administration pushes to challenge China’s... 


US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
US to push for quicker action in reducing reliance on China for rare earths
12th January 2026 By: Reuters

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will urge Group of Seven nations and others to step up their efforts to reduce reliance on critical minerals from China when he hosts a dozen top finance... 


The Twin Metals project area
Trump, Congress move to undo Biden-era ban on mining in northern Minnesota
9th January 2026 By: Reuters

The Trump administration and US Congress are launching a plan this week to overturn former President Joe Biden's mining ban in northern Minnesota and prevent future administrations from taking... 


At the signing ceremony (left to right): Ben Black, CEO DFC, Manuel Mota, deputy CEO Mota-Engil, Richard Holtman, CEO Trafigura, and Mpho Mokwele, group executive for transacting at the DBSA.
DBSA says $200m Lobito loan in line with regional integration strategy
18th December 2025 By: Terence Creamer

South Africa’s State-owned Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) says its $200-million funding contribution to a larger $753-million loan agreement with the Lobito Atlantic Railway (LAR)... 


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Congo vows to uphold cobalt quotas as exports resume ‘within days’
12th December 2025 By: Reuters

The Democratic Republic of Congo has pledged to uphold cobalt export quotas allocated to miners for 2025 despite months of delays under new rules, its mining regulator has said, as a pilot shipment... 


Glencore's Tenke Fungurume mine
Glencore to ship first cobalt cargo under Congo's new quota system
10th December 2025 By: Reuters

Glencore has become the first miner to export cobalt under Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC's) new quotas, sending a small initial shipment to test the system, one government source and two... 


A cobalt processing operating in the DRC
Costs of EV battery material cobalt hydroxide jump on Congo export restrictions
9th December 2025 By: Reuters

Prices of cobalt hydroxide used to make chemicals for electric vehicle (EV) batteries have risen sharply this year due to cobalt export restrictions from top producer Democratic Republic of Congo,... 


Nornickel fully restores cobalt production after repairs from 2022 fire
8th December 2025 By: Reuters

Russian mining and metals giant Norilsk Nickel has fully completed the reconstruction of its cobalt production facility in the Murmansk region, which was damaged in a fire three years ago, the... 


Artisanal miners work at the Tilwizembe, a former industrial copper-cobalt mine, outside of Kolwezi, in the DRC
Congo sets new export conditions to keep tight grip on cobalt
8th December 2025 By: Reuters

Congo has set new conditions for cobalt exporters, according to a government circular reviewed by Reuters, potentially complicating a recently introduced quota system as the country seeks to keep a... 


Copper cathode produced in the DRC
South African private equity firms, lenders back $600m Congo dry port
5th December 2025 By: Bloomberg

South African private equity firms and lenders will invest $600-million in debt and equity on a dry port in the Democratic Republic of Congo to ease congestion on one of Africa’s busiest mineral... 


Glencore CEO Gary Nagle.
Energy transition needs investment of a further $304-trillion, Glencore calculates
4th December 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The global energy transition needs investment of a further $304-trillion, Glencore CEO Gary Nagle pointed out during the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed diversified mining and marketing... 


NexMetals secures full ownership of Selebi, Selkirk assets after completing $25m payment
NexMetals secures full ownership of Selebi, Selkirk assets after completing $25m payment
3rd December 2025 By: Darren Parker

TSX-V- and Nasdaq-listed NexMetals Mining has completed the contingent milestone payment of $25-million to the liquidator of former Botswana State-owned mining company BCL, giving the company full... 


An Apple device
US group sues Apple over Congo conflict minerals
27th November 2025 By: Reuters

A US-based advocacy group has filed a lawsuit in Washington accusing Apple of using minerals linked to conflict and human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda despite the... 


Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema
Zambian Presidency shuns plan to give State free stake in mines
26th November 2025 By: Bloomberg

Zambia’s Presidency rejected proposed regulations that seek to give the state a minimum 15% stake in mines producing copper and other critical minerals without having to pay for it. A draft... 


Valterra Platinum CEO Craig Miller.
Africa’s minerals indispensable for clean global economy, Valterra Platinum highlights
21st November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Africa’s minerals are indispensable for a clean economy and these range from platinum-group metals (PGMs), which power hydrogen and fuel cells, to cobalt and manganese, which will drive battery... 


Respondents favour domestic production over imports.
Canadians back critical minerals push, but demand stronger enviro safeguards
19th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canada’s first Social Acceptability Barometer for the mining sector shows strong national support for developing critical minerals, but the public expects tighter environmental oversight, better... 


Artisanal cobalt miners in the DRC
Congo produces first 1 000 t of traceable artisanal cobalt
13th November 2025 By: Reuters

The State cobalt agency in Democratic Republic of Congo has produced its first 1,000 metric tons of traceable artisanal cobalt, a key step in formalizing the sector in a country that supplies much... 


Congo suspends activities at Chinese mine after spill
7th November 2025 By: Reuters

The Democratic Republic of Congo has suspended activities at a Chinese-operated mining site in the south of the resource-rich country after a spill, mines minister Louis Watum Kabamba said late on... 


Electra resumes construction of cobalt sulphate refinery
Electra resumes construction of cobalt sulphate refinery
6th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Critical minerals company Electra Battery Materials has restarted construction of its cobalt sulphate refinery in Ontario after securing about $82-million in financing, including $48-million in... 


A DRC cobalt mine
Can Africa ride critical minerals wave to economic boom?
5th November 2025 By: Reuters

As global powers scramble for critical minerals, African countries are pushing for new investment to process more of their own raw materials and meet their people's demands for economic growth and... 


Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne
Canada launches C$2bn Critical Minerals Sovereign Fund
5th November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Canada will establish a $2-billion Critical Minerals Sovereign Fund to accelerate investment in strategic mining projects and strengthen national security supply chains, Finance Minister... 


Piles of critical mineral ores
Resource disputes between investors and states hit ten-year high
3rd November 2025 By: Reuters

Disagreements between governments and investors over resources are at a ten-year high, law firm DLA Piper said, driven by resource nationalism and growing competition between the US and China for... 


Resources Minister Tim Hodgson
Canada leads G7 push with C$6.4bn boost for critical minerals development
3rd November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Canada's Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson has announced 26 new investments, partnerships and measures to unlock C$6.4-billion of critical minerals projects. These initiatives are... 


G20Lens analysis, Glencore, Harmony Gold make headlines
G20Lens analysis, Glencore, Harmony Gold make headlines
31st October 2025

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses South Africa's thin-incentive critical minerals strategy, according to G20Lens analysis; Glencore's cobalt strategy as the cobalt export ban lifts in... 


 	Ntsiki Adonisi, Rachel Dagadu, Zinzi Lawrence, Amarachukwu Odo, and Chimwemwe Tembo-Shula.
South Africa’s thin-incentive critical minerals strategy noted in G20Lens analysis
30th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa’s critical minerals strategy is not embedded in a modernised mining policy aligned with an industrial policy. Investment incentives are thin: there are no tax holidays, royalty relief... 


Mutanda copper and cobalt mine in DRC.
Glencore outlines cobalt strategy amid lifting of DRC’s cobalt export ban
29th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Diversified mining and marketing company Glencore on Wednesday outlined its strategy surrounding the export of cobalt from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which follows the lifting by the... 


The Tenke Fungurume mine
Congo's cobalt producers still waiting for export approvals, sources say
27th October 2025 By: Reuters

Cobalt producers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are still waiting for government approval to resume exports under a quota system introduced on October 16 that was expected to restart shipments... 


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