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Louis K. Watum, The DR Congo’s Minister of Mines as a Strategic Actor in the Emerging U.S.-DRC Critical Minerals Partnership

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February 2026 As global competition over critical minerals intensifies, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has emerged as one of the most strategically significant actors in the international minerals economy. Home to the world’s largest cobalt reserves, alongside substantial deposits of copper, lithium, manganese, iron ore, and rare earth elements, the DRC occupies a pivotal […]

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DRC and United States of America: Lucy Tamlyn Defends the Washington Agreement, a “Win-Win” Mining Partnership

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December 2025 The United States Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Lucy Tamlyn, vigorously rejected accusations of “selling off” Congolese mineral resources, during an exchange with the press on Monday 15 December 2025 in Kinshasa. She presented the Washington agreement as a balanced strategic partnership, based on mutual interests and focused on

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Regional Economic Integration Framework between the DRC and Rwanda Tshisekedi and Trump or THE GAME CHANGERS

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December 2025 The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Government of the Republic of Rwanda (Rwanda) (collectively referred to as “the Participants”) Welcoming the Declaration of Principles signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, and the Minister of Foreign

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UN Voluntary Principles: The DRC Draws Up Its 2026 Roadmap for a More Responsible Extractive Sector

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December 2025 The Democratic Republic of Congo is taking a new step in the appropriation of international norms on security and respect for human rights within its extractive sector. The Minister of Mines, Louis Watum Kabamba, took part in Kinshasa in the closing ceremony of the work on the development of the operational strategies of

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The U.S.-led Peace Deal Won’t End the War Without New Pressure

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December 2025 The presidential signings of peace and economic deals between the DR Congo and Rwanda in Washington, DC come amid active fighting and little incentive to reverse Rwanda’s invasion. President Donald Trump received the Presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda for the signing of a peace agreement aimed at

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A Strategic Alliance Accelerates Innovation in Lithium Extraction

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November 2025 Kurita Water Industries and Evove have announced their alliance in direct lithium extraction (DLE), combining the patented DLE technologies and processes of Evove with those of Kurita […] Appeared between the two world wars, the constitution of mineral stocks has always been linked to military preparedness. It is in this context that the

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Global Mining Companies Have Pocketed 700 Billion Dollars in 2024 Despite Growing Pressures

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The global metals and mining industry recorded one of its best financial performances of the last two decades last year, gaining 700 billion dollars in […] The cobalt is not the only transition mineral that the Pentagon is stockpiling. Graphite, another key component of energy storage systems, represents the most important recent demand from the

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Opinion: Rare Earths: Critical Minerals Should Not Be Stockpiled for Military Purposes

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November 2025 The United States is directing materials such as cobalt and graphite towards national defence rather than new climate technologies. The author is responsible for global systems and policies at the Climate and Community Institute and research lead at the Transition Security Project. This summer, the Pentagon announced its intention to acquire nearly 7,500

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For Non-Payment of Surface Rights, Geocore and Regal Maniema Pay the Price

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November 2025 The Congolese mining sector is tightening further with the application of legal obligations. It is no longer a secret that on 7 November 2025, the Minister of Mines, Mr Louis Watum Kabamba, proceeded with the withdrawal of seven mining titles belonging to various mining companies for non-payment of annual surface rights, one of

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