2019-3-21 The DRC exported 134,614 tonnes of cobalt ores and concentrates to China the largest buyer of DRC-origin cobalt materials in 2018, according to official but unconfirmed data from Fastmarkets’ sources. This equals roughly 13,000 tonnes of cobalt metal. “The intention
Contact2021-5-28 Tags copper, cobalt, copper concentrate, cobalt concentrate, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, export ban. Customs officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have backtracked on a decree made just 24 hours earlier and re-approved the export of copper
Contact2021-5-28 May 28, 2021. Copper Cobalt. In an official letter to extractive companies in Katanga province, the center of cobalt mining in the country if not the world, Bernard Bosele Pilipilithe, provincial director of Customs and Excise for the province, said that exports of copper and
Contact2021-5-28 A ban on exports of such metals from the DRC could put more pressure on global copper and cobalt supply. Analysts expects shortages in both markets to become evident next
Contact2021-5-28 DRC bans export of cobalt, copper concentrate Fastmarkets. Kamoa-Kakula mining complex. (Image courtesy of Ivanhoe Mines). An order sent to miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on
Contact2021-5-28 The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has reportedly banned the export of copper and cobalt concentrate, just days after Ivanhoe Mines’ large-scale Kamoa-Kakula
Contact2021-5-31 May 31, 2021. Janet. The Democratic Republic of Congo has reinstated an export ban on copper and cobalt concentrated but will allow mining companies that hold waivers to
Contact2013-7-15 Glencore International’s Mopani copper mine in Zambia Kinshasa, DRC — 15 July 2013 The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which has some of the
Contact2021-6-1 Mutanda is the largest cobalt mine in the world and also produces large amounts of copper. The company only exports cobalt in hydroxide and copper cathodes, so it is not
Contact2021-5-30 Roskill noted that the DRC has frequently threatened the cobalt market with a ban on the export of unprocessed copper and cobalt concentrates and ores. The government
Contact2021-5-28 Tags copper, cobalt, copper concentrate, cobalt concentrate, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, export ban. Customs officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have backtracked on a decree made just 24 hours earlier and re-approved the export of copper concentrate and cobalt from the country.
Contact2021-5-28 May 28, 2021 By News Team. An order sent to miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Wednesday has banned the export of copper and cobalt concentrate, according to Fastmarkets. The data provider said it confirmed with three companies operating copper and cobalt mines in DRC that they all received the notice, signed by Bernard Bosele
Contact2021-5-28 The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has reportedly banned the export of copper and cobalt concentrate, just days after Ivanhoe Mines’ large-scale Kamoa-Kakula project commenced production. Data provider Fastmarkets said it confirmed with three companies operating copper and cobalt mines in the DRC, who had each received the notice signed
Contact2021-5-28 The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) — the world’s leading producer of cobalt and Africa’s biggest copper producer — has made good on a longstanding threat to ban cobalt and copper concentrate exports. In 2013, the DRC banned concentrate exports to encourage miners to process and refine ore in the country, but insufficient smelting
Contact2021-5-31 May 31, 2021. Janet. The Democratic Republic of Congo has reinstated an export ban on copper and cobalt concentrated but will allow mining companies that hold waivers to continue with shipments. Congo, the world’s no.1 cobalt producer and Africa’s biggest copper miner, banned exports of concentrates in 2013 to encourage miners to process
Contact2019-3-21 The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has lifted a ban on the export of cobalt and copper concentrates imposed in February but maintained the threat of its future enforcement. March 21, 2019 In a letter to the National Federation of Enterprises (FEC) seen by Fastmarkets and dated March 20, Minister of Mines Henri Yav Mulang said the government
Contact2021-5-29 A ban on exports of such metals from the DRC could put more pressure on global copper and cobalt supply. Analysts expects shortages in both markets to become evident next year. The copper industry needs to spend upwards of $100 billion to close what could be an annual supply deficit of 4.7 million metric tonnes by 2030, according to estimates
Contact2016-1-20 Democratic Republic of Congo has again delayed a ban on exports of copper and cobalt concentrate because it lacks enough electricity to process the minerals domestically, the mines ministry and chamber of mines said on
Contact2020-8-24 The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has given mining companies an ‘indefinite waiver’ to an export ban on cobalt hydroxide and carbonate. The latest move comes after a meeting with the country’s biggest miners in the DRC’s capital city Kinshasa, Reuters reported. On 22 August, concentrates of 3Ts (tin, tungsten and tantalum
Contact2021-6-2 As the world’s biggest cobalt producer and Africa’s largest copper miner, this had a pretty significant impact on the industry and how companies operated in the region. Now, the DRC has reinstated that export ban, threatening the global supply chain as the complications and bottlenecks that come along with refining in the country loom large.
Contact2021-5-28 The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has reportedly banned the export of copper and cobalt concentrate, just days after Ivanhoe Mines’ large-scale Kamoa-Kakula project commenced production. Data provider Fastmarkets said it confirmed with three companies operating copper and cobalt mines in the DRC, who had each received the notice signed
Contact2021-5-28 Tags copper, cobalt, copper concentrate, cobalt concentrate, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, export ban. Customs officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have backtracked on a decree made just 24 hours earlier and re-approved the export of copper concentrate and cobalt from the country.
Contact2021-5-28 May 28, 2021 By News Team. An order sent to miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Wednesday has banned the export of copper and cobalt concentrate, according to Fastmarkets. The data provider said it confirmed with three companies operating copper and cobalt mines in DRC that they all received the notice, signed by Bernard Bosele
Contact2021-5-28 The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) — the world’s leading producer of cobalt and Africa’s biggest copper producer — has made good on a longstanding threat to ban cobalt and copper concentrate exports. In 2013, the DRC banned concentrate exports to encourage miners to process and refine ore in the country, but insufficient smelting
Contact2019-3-21 The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has lifted a ban on the export of cobalt and copper concentrates imposed in February but maintained the threat of its future enforcement. March 21, 2019 In a letter to the National Federation of Enterprises (FEC) seen by Fastmarkets and dated March 20, Minister of Mines Henri Yav Mulang said the government
Contact2016-1-20 Democratic Republic of Congo has again delayed a ban on exports of copper and cobalt concentrate because it lacks enough electricity to process the minerals domestically, the mines ministry and chamber of mines said on
Contact2013-4-25 The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has joined an emerging club of nations seeking to boost revenues and local employment by banning copper and cobalt concentrate exports in lieu of domestic refinery construction, according to Reuters.. The huge war-torn former Belgian colony is the No. 8 copper producer where production has soared to 600,000 metric
Contact2021-6-2 As the world’s biggest cobalt producer and Africa’s largest copper miner, this had a pretty significant impact on the industry and how companies operated in the region. Now, the DRC has reinstated that export ban, threatening the global supply chain as the complications and bottlenecks that come along with refining in the country loom large.
Contact2016-1-13 Congo, which leads Africa in copper output and the world in cobalt production, first ordered the ban in 2013 in a bid to encourage local industry to shift production to higher-value finished metals. But about 30 percent of the metals continue to be exported in concentrate form.
Contact2016-6-8 Recent changes to the regulations in the DRC will effectively ban the export of low value ores, concentrates and intermediates in favour of high value metals. After ore preparation, a reductive acid leach is used to solubilise the copper, cobalt and numerous other metals (ApuaMulaba-Bafubiandi, 2011; FerronHenry, 2008; Miller, 2008). The
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