China's CMOC Group (603993.SS), the world's biggest cobalt miner, last year more than doubled its output of the metal to about 114,000 metric tons from about 56,000 tons, as it boosts copper ...

The world’s leading producer of cobalt, the Democratic Republic of Congo is looking to boost the price of the blue metal and ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is seeking a cobalt price that encourages domestic processing, as the government considers ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is aiming to set a cobalt price that supports domestic processing as the government weighs ...

Congo has extended its ban on the export of cobalt, a key material in making electric vehicle batteries, for another three months. The Democratic Republic of Congo has restricted electronic ...

Most of the cobalt mined in Congo, amounting to 77% of global supplies or more than 170,000 tons last year, according to Darton Commodities, was exported to China for processing into metal or ...

Cobalt is a byproduct of copper production in Congo, which accounted for 220 000 tons, or 78%, of global cobalt output last year. In metal form, it is used to manufacture parts for aerospace and ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has extended its ban on exports of cobalt by three months as the world's dominant producer of the battery metal tries to convert its supply power into pricing power.

KHARA: When I talk to people in the Congo, they would say, you know, it really started to explode in, like, 2012. That's when there was just this sudden geometric explosion in demand.

Democratic Republic of Congo is enforcing a state monopoly on hand-dug cobalt production through Entreprise Generale du Cobalt (EGC), the only entity allowed to export artisanal cobalt. The ...

Nearly 90 percent of the cobalt produced in Congo, home to half the world’s reserves, goes into batteries, including those used by American, French, German, Japanese and South Korean automakers.

KHARA: When I talk to people in the Congo, they would say, you know, it really started to explode in, like, 2012. That's when there was just this sudden geometric explosion in demand.