At a time of growing geopolitical instability, and as the United States conducts major military operations in the Middle East and faces fragile global supply chains, critical minerals have moved to the centre of national security planning. Yet in Central Africa, this strategy faces a growing tension. In early February, Washington hosted the Critical Minerals […]
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February 2026 Geneva, 9 February 2026 — Entreprise Générale du Cobalt (“EGC”) and Trafigura have agreed the first shipment of copper and cobalt to global markets via the Lobito Atlantic railway (“LAR”), marking a key step in the development of a fast and efficient mineral supply chain from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”).
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,
