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The kings of high-tech jostling for Katanga's mines

There is an unofficial war currently raging between American and Chinese battery, electric car and electronics manufacturers for Congo-K's reserves of lithium and cobalt, key components of these booming sectors. Although the Chinese groups have been able to snap up [...] (548 words)

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Repelled by DRC mines' bad reputation, BMW has turned to Morocco and Australia for its cobalt supplies, while Volkswagen prefers to deal with Chinese battery manufacturers. At the same time through their supplier BASF, the car makers are funding a project to support Congolese artisanal mining cooperatives, managed by German development agency GIZ.

Artisanal miners work at Tilwizembe, a former industrial copper-cobalt mine outside Kolwezi, Lualaba province, DRC.

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