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Sceplum partners Gécamines, Trafigura and Pact on small-scale cobalt mining

Run by DRC mining experts and financed by businessman Gad Cohen, Sceplum is the fourth partner on the state-run project to formalise artisanal cobalt mining in the country. [...]

Published on 03.11.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Glencore strives to overtake rival Trafigura on "responsible" cobalt

Through the Fair Cobalt Alliance which it co-founded, Swiss trading giant Glencore aims to improve the social and environmental image of its Congolese cobalt operations. It hopes in this way to gain an advantage over its rival Trafigura, which in turn, is banking on its artisanal mining partnership with Gécamines.

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An open pit at Tenke Fungurume, a copper and cobalt mine.

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Trafigura's cobalt partnership threatened by top management changes at Gecamines

Even though it has not yet come into force, the Swiss trader's exclusive contract for the marketing of the DRC's artisanal cobalt has been called into question by the arrival of Alphonse Kaputo and Leon Mwine at the head of Gecamines.

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DRC
Bolloré, Liquid Telecom, DMT to help Lualaba with mining traceability

The Congolese company Sud South has won the contract to manage the future Musompo mining trading centre in Lualaba province. It has forged partnerships with better-known specialist companies to help it carry out its task.

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Keenly awaited Gécamines audit nears completion

The keenly awaited audit of state mining company Gécamines is almost complete. It was launched in September by the Inspection Générale des Finances (IGF), which is under the direct authority of President Félix Tshisekedi.

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Beijing scrabbles to rescue its reputation in DRC mining sector

China's supremacy in Congolese mining has recently been challenged by both the government in Kinshasa and by Washington's renewed influence in the DRC. Beijing, in a bid to counteract this trend, has overhauled its previous communications strategy to focus on transparency and human rights.

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WNR launches arbitration against Brazzaville after its Marine XI ousting

Furious at having lost its shares in the Marine XI oil block, World Natural Resources has decided to bring its dispute with the Congolese state before the World Bank's ICSID tribunal.

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DRC
Trafigura slow and steady on path to marketing Gécamines' cobalt production

Trading company Trafigura has just signed a contract with state-run subsidiary Gécamines to market cobalt. It intends to begin trading in the next three months but only on a select few sites to ensure traceability.

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Trafigura has entered into an agreement with the Entreprise Générale de Cobalt (EGC) in the DRC.

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Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

DRC
Sceplum partners Gécamines, Trafigura and Pact on small-scale cobalt mining

Spotlight | Africa
Glencore strives to overtake rival Trafigura on "responsible" cobalt

DRC
Trafigura's cobalt partnership threatened by top management changes at Gecamines

DRC
Bolloré, Liquid Telecom, DMT to help Lualaba with mining traceability

DRC
Keenly awaited Gécamines audit nears completion

China, DRC
Beijing scrabbles to rescue its reputation in DRC mining sector

Congo
WNR launches arbitration against Brazzaville after its Marine XI ousting

DRC
Trafigura slow and steady on path to marketing Gécamines' cobalt production