DRC: China Cobalt Mine Deal Was ‘Injustice’: My Country Did Not Get Anything, ex-DRC Leader Says

Mar 6, 2022 | Jevans Nyabiage and Finbarr Bermingham, South China Morning Post
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As much of the world electrifies its cars, countries are relying ever more heavily on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Central African nation produces two-thirds of the global supply of cobalt – an essential component of electric vehicle batteries. That should make the Congolese happy. But reality says otherwise.