REPUBLIC OF CONGO · MINING
Key Facts
—The timeline: Production trials at Mboukoumassi are due by end-2026 and commercial output in the first quarter of 2027, mining minister Urbain Fiacre Opo said at the Mining on Top Africa conference in Paris on 7–8 July.
—The lead project: Luyuan des Mines, a subsidiary of China’s Shenzhen Luyuan Mining Investment, holds a 242 km² permit in the coastal Kouilou region; phase one targets 600,000 tonnes of potassium chloride a year, expandable to 2 million.
—The Dangote factor: Congo approved a mining permit for Dangote’s Mengo deposit on 18 June — about 325 million tonnes of proven reserves and a planned US$3 billion investment including an NPK fertiliser plant.
