The rapidly escalating tensions between Israel, the United States and Iran are being framed as a geopolitical crisis. But for mining executives, investors and operators, this is something else entirely: An energy shock with direct margin consequences. The threat to the Strait of Hormuz — the artery through which roughly one-fifth of global oil supply […]
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Cape Town / Northern Cape — February 2026 In the immediate aftermath of the Investing in African Mining Indaba, the Minister of Mines of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Louis Watum Kabamba, shifted from conference diplomacy to on-the-ground engagement—signaling a government determined to translate global mining dialogue into tangible industrial progress. On Friday, 13
The Trump Administration has officially invited the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a strategic partner of the USA, to the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, February 4, 2026. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has just announced that the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, is expected at
