U.S. firms are buying cobalt metal produced in Indonesia by China's Lygend Resources that does not incur the tariffs placed ...

Rivalry for critical minerals is intensifying, but observer says US 'doesn't offer viable alternative' to Chinese investments ...

The company, which is majority-owned by China Minmetals, had invested up to $600m in a project to boost copper output and initiate cobalt production at Kinsevere. Despite the investment ...

(Bloomberg) -- Cobalt stocks rose in China on Tuesday as a surprise export ban in the Democratic Republic of Congo lifted the near-term outlook for the material used in alloys and batteries.

Due to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government’s decision to suspend cobalt exports for four months, international ...

But as far as critical minerals are concerned, China has "a virtual monopoly on copper and cobalt production", according to Joseph Cihunda, from the University of Kinshasa's law faculty.