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UN assigning consultants to establish battery precursor factory in Katanga

DR Congo has plans to make the most of its resources in cobalt, nickel, lithium and manganese by building battery cathode precursor factories in the Haut-Katanga Special Economic Zone. The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa will lend a hand. [...] (367 words)

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