She said more than two-thirds of the world’s cobalt is mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “DRC really depends on the tax revenues that are associated with mining. The government ...

7,000 kilometers south, near the mining town of Kolwezi in theDemocratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Paul Zagabe Nbanze works in a copper and cobalt mine ... whims of former colonial powers ...

KoBold Metals, backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, expands into DRC, aiming to harness the country's vast mineral wealth responsibly and sustainably.

The U.S. doesn't currently refine cobalt, a valuable material in a number of goods and products. This startup wants to change ...

CMOC Group boosted cobalt production at its mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the first three months of this year even after local authorities imposed a temporary halt to exports of the ...

The vilest scramble for loot that has ever disfigured the history of human conscience” is how Joseph Conrad described colonial-era concessions granted to private companies for Congo’s natural ...

Congo may want boots; Washington prefers business. The proposed deal with the U.S. seems desperate and strategic: security support in exchange for mining rights. Don’t call it protection money.