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Africa has some of the richest cobalt deposits on Earth. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) leads the pack. It produces around 70% of the world's cobalt. This comes from its mineral-packed areas, ...

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1 Additionally, it hosts four of the five largest cobalt mines in the world (see Table 2). Given the quality of the country’s resources, it is unsurprising that the DRC attracted more exploration ...

The quotas will be enforced in two parts, one focusing on exports and the other on local mineral transformation.

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In addition, the DRC regulator has introduced stricter regulations for the domestic cobalt industry, prohibiting the mixing of cobalt from artisanal sources with that from industrial mining.