Cobalt
The African hub for cobalt investors, and comprehensive information on cobalt mining and latest market data.
- Jun- 2021 -22 June

Glencore to reopen one of world’s biggest cobalt mines in Congo
Glencore Plc could reopen its Mutanda Mining copper and cobalt project in Democratic Republic of Congo…
- Mar- 2021 -31 March

Congo launches state cobalt company with Trafigura financing
A Democratic Republic of Congo state-owned company with monopoly rights to the purchase and sale…
- Jan- 2021 -6 January

Copper production in Africa is expected to maintain a compound annual growth rate of 4.5% by 2024
Despite the impact of Covid-19 epidemic, copper production in Africa is expected to grow slightly…
- Dec- 2020 -18 December

Trafigura’s Congo artisanal cobalt project to end, replaced by industrial mining
Trafigura is ending an artisanal cobalt formalisation project in Democratic Republic of Congo, which it…
- Aug- 2020 -13 August

Congo to meet miners to debate copper concentrate export waivers
Mining companies and copper and cobalt buyers have been invited to a meeting in Kinshasa…
- Jun- 2020 -26 June

Congo halts artisanal cobalt trade in key province on virus
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s main copper and cobalt-producing province halted trade in hand-dug minerals…
- May- 2020 -16 May

Chinese miner CNMC’s stake sale fails to win support from unit’s shareholders
A unit of state-owned China Nonferrous Metal Mining Group Co (CNMC) said on Saturday a…
- Apr- 2020 -17 April

Congo enacts plan to blunt virus impact as cobalt exports slump
The Democratic Republic of Congo will begin a massive public-health information campaign for hundreds of…


