February 2026 A rigorous control of processing entities On the instructions of the national Minister of Mines, Louis Watum Kabamba, an ad hoc commission led by Franck Fwamba was at work for this purpose. Deployed at the provincial governorate to carry out an exhaustive examination of the files of processing entities operating in the region, […]
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
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
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
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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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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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
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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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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