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Lithium

The explosion of the electric battery market, of which lithium is a main component, has convinced several companies and governments - Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Namibia, Malawi, Zambia - to tap into their potential resources, joining Zimbabwe, the first country to produce lithium on the continent.

In Focus | DRC
Congolese lithium capital Manono set to come under Kabila clan control

After having reigned over Congo-K for the last 22 years, the Kabila family needs to invent a new future for itself. Having left the presidential throne to Felix Tshisekedi in January, the clan has been working for the last two months on plans to fall back on its native Tanganyika province in eastern Congo-K, and, more specifically, to the town of Manono, which, in recent years, has become the capital of African lithium prospecting.

LogoSubscribers only Mining 25.03.2019
The city of Manono represents a strategic challenge for lithium exploration.

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