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Much ado over Glencore-owned Shabara mine

As Glencore prepares to reopen the Mutanda copper and cobalt mine, there are major tensions at its neighbouring Shabara mine, where NGOs are defending local diggers who are up against competition from informal Lebanese and Chinese operators. [...]

Published on 23/07/2021 at 06:00 GMT

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Glencore and Kinshasa see eye to eye on tax dispute

Glencore and the Congolese administration have reportedly agreed to a tax adjustment via several agreements.

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Illegal miners vs security forces: an exasperating game of cat and mouse

Katanga and national authorities appear powerless to halt the cycle of security forces chasing artisanal diggers from sites owned by frustrated mining firms only for the illegal diggers to move on to other sites.

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Zoé Kabila aspires to transform Tanganyika into the new Haut-Katanga

Zoé Kabila, the brother of the ex-Congolese president, has grand ambitions for his term as governor of Tanganyika: to create the conditions for his province to become a DRC mining and industrial hub and thereby establish the family stronghold as a leading commercial player in the country.

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Zoé Kabila, governor of the Congolese province of Tanganyika.

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With lithium in trouble, leading battery producer CATL forges ahead on cobalt

Having completed work on their new processing plant, the bosses of China's CATL group and its partner Putailai are now waiting only for the Covid-19 crisis to ease to officially launch operations at the Luisha South mine in Katanga, which is crucial to their development plans in DRC.

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DRC
Glencore and Kinshasa see eye to eye on tax dispute

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Illegal miners vs security forces: an exasperating game of cat and mouse

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Zoé Kabila aspires to transform Tanganyika into the new Haut-Katanga

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