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Spotlight | China, DRC, United States
The kings of high-tech jostling for Katanga's mines

There is an unofficial war currently raging between American and Chinese battery, electric car and electronics manufacturers for Congo-K's reserves of lithium and cobalt, key components of these booming sectors. Although the Chinese groups have been able to snap up [...]

Published on 25/09/2018 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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African Metals Corp
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Beijing National Battery Technology Co
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co
Dell
Excellen Minerals
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Huayou Cobalt Co
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Joseph Kabila
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Africa, Germany
BMW, Volkswagen and BASF skirt around DRC's cobalt for their electric vehicles

Repelled by DRC mines' bad reputation, BMW has turned to Morocco and Australia for its cobalt supplies, while Volkswagen prefers to deal with Chinese battery manufacturers. At the same time through their supplier BASF, the car makers are funding a project to support Congolese artisanal mining cooperatives, managed by German development agency GIZ.

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Artisanal miners work at Tilwizembe, a former industrial copper-cobalt mine outside Kolwezi, Lualaba province, DRC.

Spotlight | DRC
With lithium in trouble, leading battery producer CATL forges ahead on cobalt

Having completed work on their new processing plant, the bosses of China's CATL group and its partner Putailai are now waiting only for the Covid-19 crisis to ease to officially launch operations at the Luisha South mine in Katanga, which is crucial to their development plans in DRC.

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CATL adds a brick to AVZ's lithium empire in Manono

AVZ Minerals's latest shareholder, Chinese firm Yibin Tianyi Lithium Industry [...]

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Spotlight | Document | Zambia
Mining and trading rush on manganese

A combination of tumbling cobalt prices, aging copper assets in Copperbelt Province and sustained global demand for steel is pushing mining operators and traders active in Zambia towards the manganese sector.A steely resolve - Even as the state-owned ZCCM-Investments Holdings [.

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African Metals out of Africa for good

Canadian firm African Metals Corp has used the proceeds of [...]

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DRC, Uganda
Klaus' daughter Sheena Eckhof makes a name for herself in mining

Since the end of 2018, Australian mid-cap firm Carnavale Resources, which explores the tin oxide mineral cassiterite in Uganda, has [...]

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DRC
Putailai, the Chinese boss of Luisha copper

As Africa Mining Intelligence expected (AMI 423), African Metals Corp [...]

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Spotlight | DRC
The rise and rise of the Chinese miners in Katanga

Taking the long-term approach has paid off for the Chinese mining operators, services and trading firms patiently lobbying to take control of Congo-K's mining sector. While Chinese investors are not the most proactive presence at the various mining forums and [.

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Impact
Joseph Kabila
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Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

Spotlight | China, DRC, United States
The kings of high-tech jostling for Katanga's mines

Africa, Germany
BMW, Volkswagen and BASF skirt around DRC's cobalt for their electric vehicles

Spotlight | DRC
With lithium in trouble, leading battery producer CATL forges ahead on cobalt

DRC
CATL adds a brick to AVZ's lithium empire in Manono

Spotlight | Document | Zambia
Mining and trading rush on manganese

DRC
African Metals out of Africa for good

DRC, Uganda
Klaus' daughter Sheena Eckhof makes a name for herself in mining

DRC
Putailai, the Chinese boss of Luisha copper

Spotlight | DRC
The rise and rise of the Chinese miners in Katanga

DRC
What future lies ahead for George Forrest in Katanga's mines

Spotlight | DRC
War for lithium declared in Manono

DRC
Hard times for African Metals Corp