Highlights: • Kobold Metals signed an agreement in principle with the DRC government on July 17, 2025. • The deal includes the Manono lithium project, which has strategic value. • The agreement ...

KoBold Metals - the mining company owned by U.S. billionaires Jeff Bezos & Bill Gates - has signed a deal with the Democratic Republic of Congo.

KoBold Metals, supported by Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, signed a deal to develop Congo's Manono lithium deposit, overcoming a ...

KoBold Metals, the mining company backed by U.S. billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, has signed an agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo that positions the U.S. firm to acquire the ...

Guy Loando and his wife controlled over a third of the shares of a newly-formed company that won a $25 million deal to work ...

Christien, K. and Tshimbombu, T. (2025) A Precarious Pact: Scoping the Risks of a U.S.-DRC Minerals Deal Amidst Instability and Balkanization Fears. Open Journal of Business and Management, 13, ...

This agreement forms part of a wider deal with the Trump administration promising US access to Congolese coltan in exchange for assistance in quelling armed rebellions and stabilising the region.

Billionaire Dan Gertler has revealed in . confidential arbitration testimony. that he made payments to an associate of the ...

CMOC increased cobalt production by 13% to 61,073 tonnes in the first half of 2025. • The DRC extended its cobalt export ban, forcing CMOC to stockpile while adapting. • CMOC maintains its 2025 cobalt ...

China’s CMOC Group produced more cobalt at its two mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the first half of this year, despite the African nation’s ban on exports. The world’s largest ...

WASHINGTON – During last week’s White House Africa Summit, Liberian President Joseph Boakai made a passionate request to US President Donald Trump for the United States of America to help Liberia ...